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Military


Foudre class dock landing ships


Specifications
Displacement 11,880 tons full load
Length 168 m (551ft)
Beam 23.5 m (77 ft)
Draft 5.2 m (17ft)
Propulsion 2 diesel engines SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC 2.5 V400 (21,600 hp / 20800 hp 15290 kW)
2 shafts
2 variable pitch propellers
1 bow thruster (+1 auxiliary bow thruster 1,000 hp)
Electric Power 5 SACM-Unidiesel diesels generators 4250 kW (5 x 850 kW)
Speed 21 knots
Autonomy 11 000 nm at 15 kts
Crew 210:
13 officers
197 petty officers and quartermaster

Sirocco: 224
19 officers
105 petty officers
100 quartermasters and sailors
Troops 470
Aviation Large midships helicopter deck with hangar
4 Super Puma helos
Well Deck 122 x 13.5 x 7.7 meters (400 x 44 x 25 feet)
Cargo Capacity 1,080 tons / 1,880 tons
Landing barges: (8 CTM) or (4 CTM + 1 CDIC) or (2 CDIC)
Tanks / Vehicles: 150
Helicopters: 2 to 4
Passengers:
- 416 for long transits
- Up to 2000 for transits of between 48-72 hours
Hospital - Surface area: 500 m²
- Beds: 51
- Operating rooms: 2
- Dental Cabinet
- Radiology room
- Biology lab
- Burn Trauma Unit
Radar DRBV 15 3-D air search / 1 combined Air/Surface DRBV 21 surveillance radar
1 Decca 2459 navigation radar
1 DRBN34 landing radar
2 DIBC2A
Electronic Warfare 2 ARBB 36 jammers
1 AN-SLQ 25 Nixie towed array
Communications 1 Syracuse System II
1 Inmarsat
RITA System
Armament Pre-1997: (Foudre)
3 x Mistral Simbad SAMs systems
1 x 40 mm AA
2 x 20 mm
4 x 12.7 mm MG
Post-1997: (Foudre + Siroco)
3 x Mistral Simbad SAMs systems / 2 x double Mistral missile launchers
3 x 30mm Breda-Mauser guns
4 x 12.7 mm guns



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