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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bahia (ex-Siroco)	G40		DCN, Brest, France	9.5.1995	14.12.1996	21.12.1998 // 10.3.2016	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	9500
Displacement full, t	12013
Length, m	160.0 pp 168.0 oa
Breadth, m	22.0 wl 23.5 oa
Draught, m	5.60 mean 9.10 flooded
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V400 diesels
Power, h. p.	20760
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	11000(15)
Armament	2 x 2 Simbad SAM (~16 Mistral), 3 x 1 - 30/82 OTOBreda-Mauser F Mod. 564, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 helicopters (AS.332 Super Puma)
Military load	(1 LCU + 4 LCM) or 8 LCM, 2 LCVP, 40 tanks and combat vehicles, 70 jeeps and trucks, 470 troops
Electronic equipment	DRBN-34, DRBV-21A radars, 2x DIBC-2A E/O directors, ARBB-36 ECM suite, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SENIT 8.01 CCS
Complement	218

Project history

Former French Foudre class. The docking well measures 122x13.5m and can accommodate a maximum of ten 24m CTM landing craft, or two of the CDIC tank landing craft. Two LCVP are suspended from davits abeam the after part of the docking well. The docking well is served by a fixed 37t crane to starboard and transfer mechanisms to lift machinery and heavy equipment. The workshops can handle a wide variety of repair and maintenance tasks.

Two Super Puma helicopters can operate simultaneously from the 47x23m flight deck amidships, and the fitting of a removable 30x15m deck in five 6m sections above the docking well provides either an additional helicopter spot or a 40% increase in vehicle parking space. Abeam the after end of the hangar, to port, a second 37t crane serves the flight deck area. The hospital facilities are located directly beneath the flight deck to facilitate the transfer of casualties from the helicopters.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.