The CDIC Rapière landing near Toulon on 24th of September 2003.
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Chaland de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars |
Operators: | French Navy |
Active: | Rapière,Hallebarde. |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Landing ship tank |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 59.40 m (194.9 ft) |
Beam: | 11.90 m (39.0 ft) |
Draught: |
Bow: 1.10 metre Aft: 1.77 metre |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 10.5 knots (19 km/h) |
Range: | 2,880 nautical miles (5,330 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) |
Complement: | 18 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
1 Furuno navigation radar |
Armament: | 2 12.7mm machine guns |
Bow: 1.10 metre
The Chalands de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars are two landing crafts that operate in the French Navy. They are designed to operate from mother ships such as BPCs (Mistral type) or TCDs (Foudre type), or for coastal support.