French ship Foudre (L9011)
(Redirected from Chilean ship Sargento Aldea (LSDH-91))
 Foudre at Toulon
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| History | |
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 France | |
| 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 | |
| Name | Sargento Aldea |
| Namesake | Sergeant Juan de Dios Aldea Fonseca[1] |
| 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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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 helicopters AS-532 Cougar (Chilean Navy) |
| 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.
Service history
[edit]Marine Nationale
[edit]Foudre served during the war in Yugoslavia, and was the central element of Opération 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.
Sale and Chilean Navy service
[edit]In October 2011 it was announced that Chile and France had finalized negotiations for sale of Foudre to Chile for around USD80 million.[2] She was transferred to Chile on 23 December 2011 and renamed Sargento Aldea.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "LSDH 91 "Sargento Aldea"". Armada de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Chile; Navy decides on ex-French LSD vessel". Defence Market Intelligence. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Moulin, Jean (2020). Tous les porte-aéronefs en France: de 1912 à nos jours [All the Aircraft Carriers of France: From 1912 to Today]. Collection Navires et Histoire des Marines du Mond; 35 (in French). Le Vigen, France: Lela Presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-035-4.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Foudre (L 9011).
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