FS MISTRAL L9013
Namesake: Wind Mistral
Builder: Arsenal de Brest, Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Laid down: 10 July 2003 (aft part at Brest) / 13 October 2003 (bow part at Saint-Nazaire)
Launched: 6 October 2004 in Brest
Commissioned: February 2006
Homeport: Toulon
Identification: L9013
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement: 16,500t (empty) 21,300t (full load) 32,300t (with ballast)
Length: 199m
Beam: 32m
Draught: 6,3m
Propulsion:
2 x Mermaïd electric motors (2 × 7MW)
2 x 5-bladed propellers
Electrical plant: 4 x Wärtsilä diesels-alternators 16V32 (6,2MW) + 1 Wärtsilä Vaasa auxiliary diesel-alternator 18V200 (3MW)
Speed: 18.8kn (34.8km/h; 21.6mph)
Range:
10,800km (6,700mi) at 18kn (33km/h; 21mph)
19,800km (12,300mi) at 15kn (28km/h; 17mph)
Capacity: 2 x barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 x vehicles
Complement: 20 x officers, 80 x petty officers, 60 x Quarter-masters, 450 x crew (900 x for a short cruise), 150 x men operational headquarter
Armament:
2 x Simbad systems
2 x 30mm Breda-Mauser
4 x 12.7mm M2-HB Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried: 16 x heavy helicopters or 35 x light helicopters.