of marijuana, which was destroyed. In September 2017, Ventôse, with sister ship , was deployed to Saint Martin after the island was hit by Hurricane Irma. From October to November 2018, Ventôse trained with the Guyana Defence Force, then stopping at Belém, Brazil before spending the rest of the time off West Africa as part of Operation Corymbe, the permanent French mission to the Gulf of Guinea. On 26–27 May 2019 Ventôse intercepted a suspected smuggling go-fast boat off Dominica. Two smugglers were arrested and of cocaine was seized. In January 2023 the frigate intercepted a fishing vessel in the Caribbean and seized of illegally trafficked cannabis. Citations References Floréal-class frigates 1992 ships