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PRÉSIDENT EL HADJ OMAR BONGO medium landing ship (1984)

Chamois 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate

Président El Hadj Omar Bongo

L05

 

Grand Quevilly, Rouen, France

  16.4.1984

26.11.1984

stricken 2016

Displacement standard, t

770

Displacement full, t

1336

Length, m

80.0

Breadth, m

13.0

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM 195V12CSHR diesels

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4500(13)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 1 - 81/29 M29 mortar, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter deck

Military load 1 LCVP, 1 LCPS, 340 t cargo, 138 troops, 7 combat vehicles
Electronic equipment DRBN-32 radar

Complement

47

Project history: French Champlain class.

Modernizations: 1997: bow doors were welded closed; - 2 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 20/90 F2

Naval service: No significant events.

Président El Hadj Omar Bongo 1993

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