NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Foudre (ex-Oceanway, ex-Dagger, ex-LSD12, ex-BAPM4)	L9020	404	Newport News, USA	7.1943	29.12.1943	3.1944 // 1952	stricken 1.1969

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4500
Displacement full, t	7930
Length, m	138.4 pp 139.5 oa
Breadth, m	22.0
Draught, m	4.83
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Skinner Uniflow QuiPE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	7400
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	7400(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 120/12 mortars
Military load	3 LCT(5) or 2 LCT(3) or 2 LCT(4) or 14 LCM(3) or 1500 ts of cargo or 41 LVT or 47 DUKW, or 92 LVT or 108 DUKW with temporary decks, 263 troops
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	212

Standard scale images

Project history

Serving in the Royal Navy as Oceanway, this vessel was returned to the USA in 1947 and was subsequently transferred to France under MDAP in 1952. The docking well could accommodate two LCT(3) landing craft. She gave the Marine Nationale much needed experience in amphibious operations and influenced the design of the Ouragan class TCDs.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.