FS Germinal F-735 Floreal class Frigate French Navy Marine

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F 735 FS Germinal

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Type, class: Floreal class Frigate (Frégate de Surveillance)
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire (Nantes), France

STATUS:
Laid down: August 17, 1992
Launched: March 14, 1993
Commissioned: May 17, 1994
IN SERVICE

Homeport: Fort de France, Martinique Island
Namesake: Ventose (7th month of the French Republican Calendar)
Technical Data: see INFO > Floreal class Frigate

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FS Germinal (F 735):

Germinal was ordered as part of the third pair in January 1991 from Chantiers de l'Atlantique for construction at their yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and the keel was laid down on 17 August 1992. The frigate was built using modular construction methods, which reduced the vessel's construction time. Germinal was launched on 13 March 1993 and commissioned into the French Navy on 18 May 1994. Following sea trials, Germinal sailed for Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient where the weapons and sensors were installed and underwent further trials. The vessel is stationed in the Antilles (Fort-de-France) for patrol duties in the Caribbean Sea.

In 1997, Germinal was part of the French naval presence in the Gulf of Guinea, known as the Corymbe Mission. That year, the frigate participated in Operation Espadon, evacuating French nationals from Sierra Leone.

In January 2009, Germinal was reassigned from the UNIFIL mission along the Lebanese coast to a surveillance mission along the Gaza coast for ten days, beginning on 24 January.

In 2014, while stationed at Fort-de-France, Martinique, the frigate intercepted a smuggler go-fast boat with 595 kilograms (1,312 lb) of cocaine aboard. The smugglers were turned over to the Colombian frigate ARC Caldas. In March 2015, Germinal, with support, intercepted another go-fast, this time 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) off the coast of Barbados. The frigate seized 124 kilograms (273 lb) of cocaine and 33 kilograms (73 lb) of marijuana.

On 19 June 2015 Germinal caught up with a sailboat making a trans-Atlantic crossing 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) southeast of Martinique. The two crew of the sailboat were apprehended and 93.5 kilograms (206 lb) of cocaine intended for Europe was seized.

In April 2016, Germinal caught another go-fast, roughly 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the Martinique coast and seized 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) of marijuana. In October, the frigate intercepted a transfer of 55 kilograms (121 lb) of cocaine between a go fast and a fishing boat 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Dominica. Then on the night of 17/18 November, while operating off the coast of Guajira Peninsula, Colombia, Germinal took part in the chase of another go-fast, seizing 780 kilograms (1,720 lb) of cocaine.

In September 2017, Germinal, with sister ship Ventôse, was deployed to Saint Martin after the island was hit by Hurricane Irma. Departing Saint Martin on 9 October, Germinal sailed for the Gulf of Guinea as part of the Corymbe Mission until December.

In 2018, Germinal underwent a four-month overhaul at Fort-de-France.
On 20 July 2018, the frigate seized 53 bundles of cocaine weighing a combined 1,506 kilograms (3,320 lb). Germinal intercepted a sailboat with two crew at sea. The crew set the sailboat on fire and jumped overboard and were collected by the frigate. Germinal's crew successfully extinguished the fire aboard the sailboat and then boarded it. The frigate took the two prisoners and the sailboat back to Fort-de-France.

source: wikipedia

Germinal

... was the seventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word germen, "germination". Germinal was the first month of the spring quarter (mois de printemps). It started March 21 or March 22, and ended April 19 or April 20. It follows Ventôse and precedes Floréal.

In the context of the French Revolution, Germinal sometimes refers to the downfall and execution of the Indulgents, Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins, which took place during Germinal of 1794, four months before the Thermidorian Reaction in which Robespierre himself was executed. The events of Germinal 1794 signaled the beginning of the end of the Reign of Terror.

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