| 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: |
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| 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
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: |
16 heavy or 35 light helicopters |
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