Floreal-class frigate Vendémiaire, deployed in Asia-Pacific for a number of months, made a port name in Singapore on February 14. The French Ambassador to Singapore, HE Marc Abensour, mentioned with Commander Alain Gaborit, Commander of the Vendémiaire, in Changi Naval Base. France maintains a excessive stage of operational exercise in Asia by means of common naval and air deployments with a purpose to contribute to regional safety and stability. Singapore is a vital help level and a key associate within the implementation of its technique within the Indo-Pacific.
Heat welcome from Colonel Ng Xun Xi, Deputy Fleet Commander, to the Commander of the French frigate Vendémiaire that known as in Singapore, originally of her operational deployment in Asia-Pacific. French Defence Attaché to Singapore and French Liaison officer to the IFC additionally participated within the name. This assembly illustrates the longstanding relationships and the nice belief between the Republic of Singapore Navy and the French Navy (Marine nationale).
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Vendémiaire is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. She is the fifth ship of the category, and is known as after Vendémiaire, the primary month of the Republican Calendar. The ship was constructed at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 1992 and entered service in 1993. Vendémiaire is stationed within the French Pacific territories for patrol duties. Vendémiaire has a normal displacement of two,600 tonnes (2,600 lengthy tons) and three,000 tonnes (2,950 lengthy tons) at full load.
Vendémiaire was armed with two Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles in launchers located centrally atop the midships superstructure. Nevertheless, on the finish of the missile’s life cycle in 2014. The ship additionally mounts one 100 mm CADAM turret with the Najir hearth management system situated forwards and two 20 mm modèle F2 weapons located in atop the aft superstructure. The ship is provided with DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry, Racal Decca RM1290 navigation and Racal Decca RM1290 touchdown radars together with ARBG-1A Saïgon communications intercept, CSF ARBR 16A radar intercept digital surveillance programs and two Dagaie decoy programs.
