Mistral
L 9013
2006
(Klabautermann KLAX-10-9013)
- Class: Mistral -- 3 BPC amphibious assault ships of 2000
- Displacement: 16,500 tons standard / 21,300 tons full load
- Dimensions: 653 x 105 x 21 ft.
- Machinery: 4 Wartsila diesels, 2 Mermaid electric motors (2x7MW) = 19 knots
- Armament: 2 Simbad SAM (2x2), 2-30mm Breda-Mauser, 4-12.7mm MG
- Helicopters: 8 NH90 + 8 Tigre
- Landing craft: 4 EDA-R catamarans
- Payload: Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles, 450 troops
- Complement: 610
- Builder: Arsenal de Brest & Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire, France
- Keel Laid: 10 Jul 2013
- Launched: 6 Oct 2004
- Commissioned: 15 Dec 2006
- Notes: Sister ships Tonnerre (L 9014) and Dixmude (L 9015) are also completed and in commission. Two further ships were building for Russia when the Ukraine crisis of 2014 led to a postponement and then cancellation of sale. These ships are now completing for the Egyptian navy.
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