Foudre
L 9011
1990
(Quadrant Q-19)
- Class: Foudre -- 2 landing ship docks of 1984-94
- Displacement: 9,300 tons standard / 11,880 tons full load
- Dimensions: 551 (oa) x 77 x 17 ft.
- Machinery: 2 SEMT Pilestick diesels 21,600 bhp = 21 knots
- Armament: 2 Simbad SAM (2x2), 1-40mm, 2-20mm
- Helicopters: 4 Super Puma
- Complement: 210 + 470 troops long term or up to 2,000 for three days
- Builder: Arsenal de Brest
- Keel Laid: 26 Mar 1986
- Launched: 19 Nov 1988
- Commissioned: 7 Dec 1990
- Notes: Foudre and sister Siroco were designed to embark a mechanized regiment of the Rapid Action Force (French: Force d'action rapide) and act as its logistical support vessel once in theatre. They have now been replaced by the Mistral class. Foudre was sold to Chile in 2011 and renamed Sargento Aldea; Siroco was sold to Brazil in 2015 and renamed Bahia.
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