NationMaster - Encyclopedia: FS Germinal

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Displacement:	2600 tonnes (2950 tonnes full load)
Length:	93,50 m
Width:	14 m
Draught:	4,40 m
Propulsion:	Engines : 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 6PA6 L280 Auxiliaries : 1 Ulstein 200 kW beam propulsor Propelers : 2 variable pace Lips Propulsive power : 8800 hp (6470 kW) Electric Plant : 3 Baudouin 12P15 2SR diesel alternators and 3 Alsthom AA 49L9 alternators Electric Power : 3 x 590 kW Image File history File links fr (original): La frÃ©gate Germinal, Ã Cherbourg (11 mai 2003). ... Image File history File links French-Ensign. ...
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range:	10000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 13000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	11 officers 36 non-commissioned officers 42 men (11 men for the helicopter)
Armament:	2 Exocet MM38 missiles 1 x 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system 2 x 20mm modèle F2 guns In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile made in various versions capable of being launched from surface ships and boats, submarines, and airplanes. ... The French 100 mm naval gun is a polyvalent artillery piece (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. ... The 20 mm modÃ¨le F2 gun is a naval defence weapon in usage in the French Navy. ...
Electronics:	Radar: DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry radar Racal Decca RM1290 navigation radar Racal Decca RM1290 landing radar Navigation Microcin type intertial navigation system Ben LMN4 loch Furuno depth measure system Navstar GPS system Taiyo gonio VHF radio Electronic Warfare ARBG-1A Saïgon 2 Dagaie decoy systems
Planes	1 Panther helicopter

The Germinal is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the sixth and last ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after Germinal, the 7th month of the Republican Calendar. The Panther helicopter of the Cassard frigate transferring a light load to the Meuse Maneuvering of a Panther helicopter on the Cassard frigate The Eurocopter Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter Dauphin medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter and is manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by AÃ©rospatiale). ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy in terms of number of active-duty vessels. ... Germinal was the seventh month in the French Republican Calendar. ... The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar is a calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about twelve years from late 1793. ...

Ships of the Floréal type: The Floréal type is a class of light sentry frigates designed for the needs of the French Navy after the end of the Cold War, ordered in 1989. ...