People visit the French frigate Vendémiaire at the China Merchants Wharf in Hong Kong yesterday. The frigate is making a port call in Hong Kong from Monday to tomorrow. The 93.5-meter-long, 14-meter-wide ship, weighing 2,800 tons, carries 79 French crew, 15 of them women. Its armament include a 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system and two 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns, and it carries an Alouette III helicopter.Hong Kong China News Agency |