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NAVY OF SENEGAL (SENEGAL)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

FALEMÉ small landing ships (1958-1967/1974-1995)

Falemé 1980

Falemé II 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
Falemé (ex-EDIC9095)     DCAN, Cherbourg, France   11.4.1958 1.1959 // 7.1.1974 stricken 1986
Falemé II (ex-Javeline, ex-EDIC9070)     SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France     30.3.1967 // 16.10.1995 stricken 2010

 

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

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipment Decca 1229 radar
Military load

5 LVTs or 11 trucks

Complement

17

Project history: Former French EDIC type (Engins de Débarquement Infanterie Chars) LCTs. Falemé II was loaned to Senegal in 1995 and formally transferred 12.1.2000.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Falemé II 2008

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