French ship Foudre (L9011)
Foudre at Toulon
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 France
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| Name: | Foudre |
| Namesake: | Lightning |
| Builder: | DCN, Brest |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1986 |
| Launched: | 19 November 1988 |
| Commissioned: | 7 December 1990 |
| Decommissioned: | December 2011 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| Identification: | L 9011 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Chilean Navy in December 2011 |
 Chile
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| Name: | Sargento Aldea |
| Namesake: | Sergeant Juan de Dios Aldea Fonseca |
| Acquired: | 23 December 2011 |
| Homeport: | Valparaiso |
| Identification: | LSDH-91 |
| Status: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Foudre-class landing platform dock |
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| Length: | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Beam: | 23.5 m (77 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Installed power: | 20,800 hp (15,500 kW) |
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| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles; 12,600 miles (20,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
8 landing craft |
| Capacity: | 150-man command headquarters |
| Troops: | 450 (900 for a short cruise) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar |
Foudre was an amphibious assault ship of the Marine Nationale, the twelfth vessel to bear the name, and lead ship of the Foudre-class landing platform docks. In December 2011 the vessel was sold to the Chilean Navy and renamed Sargento Aldea.
Foudre served during the war in Yugoslavia, and was the central element of Operation Licorne in Côte d'Ivoire.
On 17 January 2009, one of Foudre's helicopters crashed off the coast of Gabon, killing eight French military personnel.
In October 2011 it was announced that Chile and France had finalized negotiations for sale of Foudre to Chile for around USD80 million. She was transferred to Chile on 23 December 2011 and renamed Sargento Aldea.
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