French ship Foudre (L9011)
Foudre at Toulon | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Foudre |
| Namesake | Lightning |
| Builder | DCN, Brest |
| Laid down | 26 March 1986 |
| Launched | 19 November 1988 |
| Commissioned | 7 December 1990 |
| Decommissioned | December 2011 |
| Homeport | Toulon |
| Identification | L 9011 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Chilean Navy in December 2011 |
| Chile | |
| Name | Sargento Aldea |
| Namesake | Sergeant Juan de Dios Aldea Fonseca |
| Acquired | 23 December 2011 |
| Homeport | Valparaiso |
| Identification | LSDH-91 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Foudre-class landing platform dock |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Beam | 23.5 m (77 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Installed power | 20,800 hp (15,500 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles; 12,600 miles (20,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 8 landing craft |
| Capacity | 150-man command headquarters |
| Troops | 450 (900 for a short cruise) |
| Crew |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 helicopters AS-532 Cougar (Chilean Navy) |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar |
Foudre was an amphibious assault ship of the Marine Nationale, the twelfth vessel to bear the name, and lead ship of the Foudre-class landing platform docks. In December 2011 the vessel was sold to the Chilean Navy and renamed Sargento Aldea.