BATRAL class landing ship

BATRAL Francis Garnier
Class overview
Name:	BATRAL
General characteristics
Type:	Landing ship tank
Displacement:	770 t, 1,330 t fully loaded
Length:	80 m (262 ft)
Beam:	13 m (43 ft)
Draught:	3 m (10 ft)
Propulsion:	2 diesel SACM Wärtsilä UD 33 V12 M4 3,600 hp (2,650 kW) 2 4-bladed propellers Electric power 360 kW (2 DA x 180 kW)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement:	3 officers 15 petty officers 26 quarter-masters
Sensors and processing systems:	1 DECCA 1226 navigation radar Inmarsat system
Armament:	2 x 40 mm anti-air guns 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns

The Bâtiment de Transport Léger ("Light ferry ship") are small landing ships of the French Navy. They are able to ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or from a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading 50 men and light vehicles each. The accommodations are designed for a Guépard-type intervention unit (5 officers, 15 petty officers and 118 men), or for typical company-sized armoured units.

A helicopter landing deck allows landing for light helicopters, and transfer from and to heavy helicopters.

The Chilean Navy purchased the plans and built 2 ships in the ASMAR shipyards, in the early 80s.

Ships

French Navy

• Champlain decommissioned
• Francis Garnier decommissioned
• Dumont D'Urville
• Jacques Cartier
• La Grandière

Chilean Navy

• Rancagua (R92)
• Chacabuco (R95)
• Maipo (R91) decommissioned in 1998, later sold to civil operator

Côte d'Ivoire Navy

• L'Elephant

Gabon Navy

• President el Hadj Omar Bongo (L05)

Royal Moroccan Navy

• Daoud Ben Aicha (402)
• Ahmed Es Skali (403)
• Abou Abdallah El Ayachi (404)

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  The Dumont D'Urville with her landing bow opened

External links

• (French) French Ministry of Defence

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