Sea Weapons

Light Frigate (1992)

Floréal class

Preceded by:

Commandant Rivière (1962)

Succeeded by:

La Fayette (1997)

Datafile

ClassFloréal
TypeFrigate
Year1992
Crew80
Transport24
Dimensions
Length85.2 m (pp)
93.5 m
Beam14 m
Draught4.3 m
Displacement
Empty2,600 t
Loaded2,950 t
Performance
Speed37 km/h
Range16,668 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines4 x Diesel engine
hp
8800
Fuel-
Armament
Main
Anti-Aircraft
Launcher4 x Simbad GMLS
AA WeaponsMM38 Exocet (2 x 1)
Mistral
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarDRBV 21A
DRBN 34A
Aircraft
Helicopters1
Production
Built6
Total6

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Floréal F730 Chantiers de l'Atlantique02/04/199006/10/199027/05/1992-Active
Prairial F731 Chantiers de l'Atlantique11/09/199016/03/199120/05/1992-Active
Nivôse F732 Chantiers de l'Atlantique16/01/199111/08/199115/10/1992-Active
Ventôse F733 Chantiers de l'Atlantique28/06/199114/03/199205/05/1993-Active
Vendémiaire F734 Chantiers de l'Atlantique17/01/199223/08/199221/10/1993-Active
Germinal F735 Chantiers de l'Atlantique17/08/199214/03/199317/05/1994-Active
Mohammed V 611 Alstom10/200009/03/200112/03/2002-Active
Hassan II 612 Lorient Naval Industries200107/12/200122/05/2003-Active