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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

EDIC9091 tank landing craft (1958 - 1970)

EDIC9091 1965

EDIC9070 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
EDIC9091 L9091   SFCN, Villeneuve-La-Garenne // Arsenal de Cherbourg   7.1.1958 12.1958 stricken 11.1988
EDIC9092 L9092   SFCN, Villeneuve-La-Garenne // Arsenal de Cherbourg   2.12.1958 2.1959 stricken 11.1988
EDIC9093 L9093   SFCN, Villeneuve-La-Garenne // Arsenal de Cherbourg   17.4.1958 2.1959 stricken 5.1988
EDIC9094 L9094   SFCN, Villeneuve-La-Garenne // Arsenal de Cherbourg   24.7.1958 5.1959 stricken 10.1993
EDIC9095 L9095   DCAN, Cherbourg   11.4.1958 1.1959 to Senegal 1.1974 (Faleme)
EDIC9096 L9096   DCAN, Cherbourg   11.10.1958 4.1959 to Lebanon 11-12/1983 (صور [Sour]), stricken 11.1994
EDIC9081 L9081         1965 stricken 1977
EDIC9082 L9082         6.1965 stricken 1981, to Madagascar (Aina Vao Vao)
EDIC9083 L9083         2.1966 stricken 1986
EDIC9084 L9084         11.1965 repair craft BAME9084 1982
EDIC9070, 1997- Javeline L9070   SFCN, Villeneuve-La-Garenne     30.3.1967 to Senegal 10.1995 (Faleme II) (formally 1.2000)
EDIC9071 L9071         11.1967 stricken 1977
EDIC9072 L9072         5.1969 stricken 1993
EDIC9073 L9073         5.1969 stricken 1986
EDIC9074 L9074         2.1970 stricken 1997

 

Displacement standard, t

 635

Displacement full, t

 736

Length, m

59.0

Breadth, m

 12.0

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM-MGO 175V12ASH diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 1800(8)

Armament

some: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment Decca 1229 radar
Military load

5 LVTs or 11 trucks

L9081 - 9084: repair equipment, cargo

Complement

 17

Project history: EDIC type (Engins de Débarquement Infanterie Chars) LCTs (L9091-9096 and 9070-9074) and EDA (Engins de Débarquement Ateliers) repair and logistic craft for overseas service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

EDIC9092 1979

� Ivan Gogin, 2015