BATRAL
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 BATRAL Francis Garnier |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | BATRAL |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing ship tank |
| Displacement: | 770 t, 1330 t fully loaded |
| Length: | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Beam: | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Draught: | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2 diesel SACM Wärtsilä UD 33 V12 M4 |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement: |
3 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 DECCA 1226 navigation radar Inmarsat system |
| Armament: |
2 40 mm anti-air guns |
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 50 men and light vehicles each. The accommodations are designed for a Guépard-type intervention unit (5 officers, 15 petty officers and 118 men), or for typical company-sized armoured units.
A helicopter landing deck allows landing for light helicopters, and transfer from and to heavy helicopters.
The five ships of the class include
- Champlain
- Francis Garnier
- Dumont D'Urville
- Jacques Cartier
- La Grandière
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 The Dumont D'Urville with her landing bow opened |
[edit] External links
- (French) French Ministry of Defence
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