French frigate Germinal
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Germinal is a Floréal-class frigate of the French Navy. She is the sixth and last ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after Germinal, the seventh month of the Republican Calendar. The
Frigate Germinal
Clipperton Island
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Clipperton Island, also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's Rock, is an 8.9 km2 uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The only French territory in the North Pacifi
French frigate Germinal
…territories, while also carrying out port visits in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. In April 2023, the frigate visited the uninhabited French territory of Clipperton Island to carry out sovereignty protection duties. Jordan, John (1995). "France". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995…
1899 sketch of Clipperton Rock from the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, after a photograph
A bright-orange Clipperton crab (Johngarthia oceanica)
The head of a viper moray (Enchelynassa canina)
Freighter Sichem Osprey grounded on Clipperton Island in 2010