French ship Foudre (L9011)

Foudre at Toulon
History
France
Name	Foudre
Namesake	Lightning
Builder	DCN, Brest
Laid down	26 March 1986
Launched	19 November 1988
Commissioned	7 December 1990
Decommissioned	December 2011
Homeport	Toulon
Identification	L 9011
Fate	Transferred to the Chilean Navy in December 2011
Chile
Name	Sargento Aldea
Namesake	Sergeant Juan de Dios Aldea Fonseca[1]
Acquired	23 December 2011
Homeport	Valparaiso
Identification	LSDH-91
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Foudre-class landing platform dock
Displacement	11,300 tonnes (standard) 12,000 tonnes (full load)
Length	168 m (551 ft)
Beam	23.5 m (77 ft)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft)
Installed power	20,800 hp (15,500 kW)
Propulsion	Engines: 2 SEMT Pielstick 16 PC 2.5 V400 diesels Propellers: 2 adjustable-blade propellers and one beam propeller Auxiliaries: 1 beam propeller (1,000 hp) Electrical plant:5 SACM-Unidiesel diesels alternators Electrical power: 4,250 kW (5 × 850 kW)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	11,000 nautical miles; 12,600 miles (20,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	8 landing craft
Capacity	150-man command headquarters
Troops	450 (900 for a short cruise)
Crew	20 officers 80 petty officers 60 Quarter-masters
Armament	3 Simbad systems 3 30 mm Breda-Mauser guns 4 12.7 mm M2-HB Browing machine guns
Aircraft carried	4 helicopters AS-532 Cougar (Chilean Navy)
Aviation facilities	Hangar

Foudre was an amphibious assault ship of the Marine Nationale, the twelfth vessel to bear the name, and lead ship of the Foudre-class landing platform docks. In December 2011 the vessel was sold to the Chilean Navy and renamed Sargento Aldea.