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Encyclopedia > French command ship Mistral
Mistral
Career French Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
  • 10th of July 2003 (aft part in Brest)
  • 13th of October 2003 (bow part in Saint-Nazaire)
Launched: 6th of October 2004 in Brest
Commissioned: 12/2005
Decommissioned:
Fate:
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:
  • 16 500 tonnes (empty)
  • 21 300 t (full load)
  • 32 300 t (with ballasts)
Length: 199 m
Width: 32 m
Draught: 6,3 m
Propulsion:
  • Motorisation : 2 Mermaïd electric motors (2 x 7 MW), 2 5-bladed propellers
  • Electrical plant: 4 Wärtsilä diesels-alternators 16 V32 (6,2 MW) + 1 Wärtsilä Vasaa auxiliary diesel-alternator 18V200 (3 MW)
Speed: 18,8 knots
Range: 10800 km at 18 knts, 19800 at 15 knts
Complement: 20 officers, 80 petty officers, 60 Quarter-masters, 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise), 150 men of an on-board high quarter
Armament:
Mole
Planes 16 helicopters
Motto:

The Mistral (L9013) is an amphibious assault helicopter carrier of the French Marine Nationale, the fourth vessel to bear the name, and lead ship of her class. Image File history File links fr (original): Le Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement (BPC) Mistral au mouillage à Brest (12 février 2005). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data) is a database of astronomical information about objects within the Milky Way. ... This article is about the . ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy in terms of number of active-duty vessels. ... The Mistral type is a class of assault helicopter carriers, capable of deploying 16 NH90 or Tigre. ...


She is capable of deploying 16 NH90 or Tigre, four landing barges and a 40-tank Leclerc squadron, with up to 450 soldiers (900 for a short period). She also has a fully capable 50-bed hospital. The NHI NH90 is a twin-engine, ten-ton multi-role helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries, a company established by Agusta, Eurocopter and Stork Fokker Aerospace. ... The Eurocopter Tiger is an attack helicopter manufactured by the Eurocopter Group. ... The Leclerc is a main battle tank built by GIAT Industries of France. ...


She was constructed in two segments, the bow part in Saint-Nazaire, and the aft part in Brest. Saint-Nazaire is also a commune of the Gard département of France. ... Location within France Brest, at the tip of Brittany Brest is a city in the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département. ...


See French ship Mistral for other ships of the name. Four ships of the French Navy have bourne the name Mistral, as well as a few other auxiliary ships: A high sea armoured torpedo boat of the Cyclone type (1901) A 1500-tonne torpedo boat of the Bourrasque type (1923), captured by the British on the 3 July 1940 at...



See also

The list of ship launches in 2004 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2004. ... The list of ship commissionings in 2005 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 2005. ...

External link

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Mistral
  • ((French)) BPC Mistral Force Projection and Command Ship Mistral on Alabordache


 

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