French ship Dixmude (L9015)

BPC Dixmude in Jounieh bay, Lebanon 2012.
History
France
NameDixmude
NamesakeFusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide[1]
BuilderChantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Cost€451.6m[2] (FY 2012)
Laid down20 January 2010 at Saint-Nazaire[1]
Launched17 September 2010[3]
Commissioned27 December 2012
HomeportToulon
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeMistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement
  • 16,500 t (empty)
  • 21,300 t (full load)
  • 32,300 t (with ballast)
Length199 m (653 ft)
Beam32 m (105 ft)
Draught6.3 m (21 ft)
Installed power4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (4 × 6.2 MW (8,300 hp))
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW (9,400 hp)) with 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers
Speed18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph)
Range
  • 5,800 nautical miles (10,800 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 10,700 nautical miles (19,800 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles
Complement
  • 20 officers
  • 80 petty officers
  • 60 quarter-masters
  • 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise)
  • 150-man operational headquarter
Armament
Aircraft carried16 heavy or 35 light helicopters

Dixmude (L9015) is an amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name, and is the third ship of the Mistral class.

Dixmude was delivered to the French defence procurement agency on 3 January 2012, three months ahead of schedule.[5]

  1. ^ a b Dixmude: mise sur cale du 3ème BPC (in French), French ministry of Defence.
  2. ^ "Projet de loi de finances pour 2013 : Défense : équipement des forces" (in French). Senate of France. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-26. Dixmude cost France €451.6m at FY2012 prices
  3. ^ BPD Dixmude at EDA-R: la réponse aux nouvelles exigences de projection (in French), French ministry of Defence
  4. ^ "Nexter presenting NARWHAL®, its remotely operated 20mm gun turret, at the Euronaval 2016 trade show between 17 and 21 October". nexter-group.fr. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "DCNS and STX France Hand Over Mistral-Class Vessel BPC Dixmude". Shipbuilding Tribune. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2012.