part in the chase of another go-fast, seizing of cocaine. In September 2017, Germinal, with sister ship , 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 . 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. Germinals 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. In 2022 the frigate operated with the amphibious assault ship in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Guinea. Citations References Floréal-class frigates 1993 ships