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GAPEAU utility transport / landing craft (1987)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
Gapeau L9090   Serra, La Seyne     2.10.1987 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

563 light

Displacement full, t

1089

Length, m

59.2 pp 66.2 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

2.14 mean 3.30 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Badouin 12 P15 2SR diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1920(10)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment Decca RM914, Furuno FRS1000 radars
Capacity

460 t cargo, 30 passengers

Complement

8

Project history: Designed to serve as support craft for the Centre d'Essais de la Méditerranée missile range. Cargo is stowed on drive-through deck with bow and stern ramps.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Gapeau 2003

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