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| French Frigate Prairial (Wiki Info - Image: Wiki Commons) |
MANILA, Philippines - Amid territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the government is looking at French frigates for the Philippine Navy’s use.
Naval officials were given a tour yesterday of the French Navy’s surveillance frigate Prairial – a 93.5-meter ship with both military and civilian characteristics, making it ideal for multiple purposes including disaster relief and other humanitarian missions, operations against piracy and international drug trafficking, and territorial patrol.
The Prairial is one of two French warships deployed in the Pacific – one in Tahiti and the other in New Caledonia.
Read the full story at The Philippine Star