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Dives 1979 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Argens	L9003		A C de Bretagne, Nantes	10.7.1958	11.4.1959	27.6.1960	stricken 12.1985
Bidassoa	L9004	158	A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait	30.1.1960	29.12.1960	1.10.1961	stricken 4.1987
Trieux	L9007		A C de Bretagne, Nantes	25.4.1958	6.12.1958	18.3.1960	stricken 12.1988
Dives	L9008		A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait	7.8.1959	28.6.1960	14.4.1961	stricken 4.1986
Blavet	L9009		A C de Bretagne, Nantes	19.1.1959	16.1.1960	1.1.1961	stricken 9.1986

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1750
Displacement full, t	4225
Length, m	96.6 pp 102.1 oa
Breadth, m	15.5
Draught, m	3.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 SEMT-Pielstick diesels
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	18500(10)
Armament	L9003, 9004, 9008: 1 x 2 - 120/12 mortar, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3 L9007, 9009: 1 x 2 - 120/12 mortar, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Military load	4 LCVP, tanks or 1000t of cargo, 170 marines
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	85

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Project history

Derived from the US Navy's LST, of which several were operated by the Marine Nationale in the postwar period, the Trieux class were designated BDC (Bátiments de Débarquement de Chars). They carried four LCVPs beneath davits on each side of the superstructure. There was fixed accommodation for a maximum of 329 troops, and a further 320 could be carried over short distances. In the logistics role they could carry 1000t of freight, 400t of fresh water and 270t of diesel fuel. MacGregor-type loading hatches were fitted.

Modernizations

late 1960s, Trieux, Blavet: + 2 helicopters (2 Alouette II), hangar fwd of the bridge, helicopter deck

Naval service

No significant events.

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