home

fighting ships of the world

FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

L9051 tank landing craft (1987)

similar L9070 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
1997- Sabre L9051   SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne   3.3.1987 13.6.1987 to Senegal 3.2011 (Gorée)
1997- Dague L9052   SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne   10.9.1987 19.12.1987 to Djibouti 6.2012

 

Displacement standard, t

282 light

Displacement full, t

726

Length, m

55.9 pp 59.4 oa

Breadth, m

11.9

Draught, m

1.40 hull 1.70 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM UD30V12 MB diesels

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 20

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 MIT-20F2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment DRBN-32 radar
Capacity

340 t of cargo

Complement

17

Project history: Designed to operate from the TCDs of the Foudre class, the EDIC 700 (Engins de Débarquement Infanterie Chars, 700t) was essentially an improved EDIC. The wheel-house can be lowered to facilitate docking. Further projected orders have been postponed because of delays in the TCD programme

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sabre 2003

© Ivan Gogin, 2016