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Frigate Prairial
History
French frigate PrairialFrance
NamePrairial
NamesakeMonth of Prairial
Ordered20 January 1989
BuilderChantiers de l'Atlantique
Laid down11 September 1990
Launched16 March 1991
Commissioned20 May 1992
HomeportTahiti
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeFloréal-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2,600 t (2,600 long tons)
  • 3,000 t (2,950 long tons) full load
Length93.5 m (306 ft 9 in)
Beam14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × SEMT Pielstick 6 PA6 L280 BPC diesel engines
  • 6,580 kW (8,820 hp)
  • 2 shafts, 1 × 203 kW (272 hp) bow thruster
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Troops24 marines
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry radar
  • Racal Decca RM1290 navigation radar
  • Racal Decca RM1290 landing radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ARBG-1A Saïgon
  • 2 Dagaie decoy systems
Armament
  • 2 Exocet MM38 missiles (removed)
  • 1 × 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system
  • 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns
Aircraft carried1 Eurocopter Dauphin N3 (replaced Aérospatiale Alouette III in 2022 when the latter retired)
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and hangar

Prairial is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. She is the second ship of the class, and the second French warship named after the ninth month of the Republican Calendar. The ship was constructed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 1992 and entered service in 1993. Prairial is stationed in the French Pacific territories for patrol duties.

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