![]() BPC Dixmude in Jounieh bay, Lebanon 2012.
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Name | Dixmude |
Namesake | Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide[2] |
Builder | Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire |
Cost | €451.6m[3] (FY 2012) |
Laid down | 20 January 2010 at Saint-Nazaire[2] |
Launched | 17 September 2010[1] |
Commissioned | 27 December 2012 |
Homeport | Toulon |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mistral-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 199 m (653 ft) |
Beam | 32 m (105 ft) |
Draught | 6.3 m (21 ft) |
Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (4 × 6.2 MW (8,300 hp)) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW (9,400 hp)) with 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers |
Speed | 18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph) |
Range |
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Capacity | 2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 16 heavy or 35 light helicopters |
Dixmude (L9015) is an amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name, and is the third ship of the Mistral class.
Dixmude was delivered to the French defence procurement agency on 3 January 2012, three months ahead of schedule.[5]