FS Dixmude - L9015

Name:	Dixmude
Namesake:	Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide[1]
Builder:	Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Cost:	€451.6m[2] (FY 2012)
Laid down:	20 January 2010 at Saint-Nazaire[1]
Launched:	17 September 2010[3]
Commissioned:	27 December 2012
Homeport:	Toulon
Identification:	Pennant number: L9015 MMSI number: 228784000 Callsign: FADX Deck Code: DX
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	16,500 t (empty) 21,300 t (full load) 32,300 t (with ballast)
Length:	199 m (653 ft)
Beam:	32 m (105 ft)
Draught:	6.3 m (21 ft)
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (4 × 6.2 MW (8,300 hp))
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric; two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW (9,400 hp)) with 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers
Speed:	18.8 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)
Capacity:	2 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:	2 × Simbad surface-to-air missile systems 2 × 30 mm Breda-Mauser autocannons 4 × 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried:	16 heavy or 35 light helicopters