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Military


Mistral


Specifications
Displacement 16,500 tons standard
19,500-21,500 tons full load
Length 199 meters / 653 ft
Beam 32 meters / 105 ft
Draft 6.3 meters
Speed 19 knots
Autonomy 6,000 Nautical miles @ 18 knots
11,000 Nautical miles @ 15 knots
20,000 km @ 15 knots
Crew 160 [not 1060 people]:
- 18 officers
- 102 petty officers
- 40 crewmembers
Propulsion 3 x 16V32 x 4850 KW Wärtsilä diesel generators
1 x 18V200 x 3000 KW auxxiliary Wärtsilä diesel generator
1 x 1 (DAS) SDMO 800 KW backup diesel generator
developing 20.8 MW total
2 x pod-mounted propellers powered by 7 MW (19,040 hp) Mermaid Electric motors
1 x1 500 KW bow thruster
Armament
  • 2 x MBDA Simbad launchers for Mistral surface-to-air Missiles
  • 2 x 30-mm Breda-Mauser CIWS
  • 4 x 12.7mm machine guns.
  • Elevators 2
    Capacities - Aviation
  • 1,800m² hangar
  • 5,000m² flight deck
  • 6 spots helicopters 16 tons, or
  • 16 medium helicopters [NH90, SA 330 Puma, AS 532 U2 Cougar or AS 665 Tiger]
  • 35 light helicopters
  • Capacities - Landing Craft
  • 4 CTM LCM Landing craft, or
  • 2 x LCAC , or
  • landing craft utility (LCU) , or
  • engins de débarquement amphibie rapide (EDA-R)
  • Capacities - Troops
  • 450 embarked troop long duration [45 days]
  • 700 men maximum
  • 60 armored vehicles, or
  • 13 Leclerc MBT
  • 40 x Leclerc MBT [squadron] (unofficial source)
  • Capacities - other
  • 1 standard hospital Sirocco
  • 69-bed, 750m² hospital
  • two operating rooms
  • 1 zone PC dedicated prewired (800m2): Up to 150 staff
  • Systems
  • integrated interior communications
  • Link 11 data link
  • MMR-3D NG G-band multirole surveillance radar
  • Sperry Marine Bridgemaster I-band Navigation radar
  • 3D landing radar
  • DCN Senit 8 derivative combat data system
  • Thales SIC 21 command system
  • Thales Syracuse III satellite communications
  • Thales ARBR 21 radar warning receiver


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