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French ship Foudre (L9011)
Amphibious assault ship of the French and Chilean Navies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Foudre.
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.
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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 |
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Name | Sargento Aldea |
Namesake | Sergeant Juan de Dios Aldea Fonseca[1] |
Acquired | 23 December 2011 |
Homeport | Valparaiso |
Identification | LSDH-91 |
Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Foudre-class landing platform dock |
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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) |
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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) |
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Aircraft carried | 4 helicopters AS-532 Cougar (Chilean Navy) |
Aviation facilities | Hangar |
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