| BATRAL-class landing ship | |
|---|---|
 BATRAL Francis Garnier | |
| Class overview | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing ship tank |
| Displacement: | 770 t, 1,330 t fully loaded |
| Length: | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Beam: | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Draught: | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Installed power: |
2 × diesel SACM Wärtsilä UD 33 V12 M4 3,600 hp (2,700 kW) Electric power: 2 × DA 180 kW |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 4-bladed propellers |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement: |
3 officers 15 petty officers 26 quarter-masters |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × DECCA 1226 navigation radar Inmarsat system |
| Armament: |
2 × 40 mm anti-air guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter landing deck |
The Bâtiment de Transport Léger ("Light ferry ship") are small landing ships of the French Navy. They are able to ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or from a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading fifty men and light vehicles each. The accommodations are designed for a Guépard-type intervention unit (five officers, fifteen petty officers and 118 men), or for typical company-sized armoured units.
A helicopter landing deck allows landing for light helicopters, and transfer to and from heavy helicopters.
The Chilean Navy purchased the plans and built two ships in the ASMAR shipyards in the early 1980s.
Ships[]
- Champlain decommissioned
- Francis Garnier decommissioned
- Dumont D'Urville
- Jacques Cartier decommissioned[1]
- La Grandière
- Rancagua (R92)
- Chacabuco (R95)
- Maipo (R91) decommissioned in 1998, later sold to civil operator
- L'Elephant
- President el Hadj Omar Bongo (L05)
- Daoud Ben Aicha (402)
- Ahmed Es Skali (403)
- Abou Abdallah El Ayachi (404)
Dumont D'Urville with her landing bow opened
References[]
- ↑ "Le Batral Jacques Cartier est rentré en France" (in French). Ministère de la Défense. 15 July 2013. http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actu-marine/le-batral-jacques-cartier-est-rentre-en-france.
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