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Chaland de transport de matériellarger figure on 1 of 3
SR.N6larger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source23.8 m (78 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Chaland de transport de matériel | SR.N6 |
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| Power | 2 × Poyaud-Wärtsilä 18V8M1 diesel engines , 331 kilowatts (444 hp) 2 propellers[source] | 1 Rolls-Royce Gnome turbine engines 1,050 hp (780 kW) for lift and propulsion driving single four-bladed variable-pitch propeller[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Djiboutian Navy Chilean Navy Ivory Coast Navy Royal Moroccan Navy Senegal Navy[source] | — |
| Completed | 31[source] | 55[source] |
| Active | 5 remaining with the French Navy as of 2023; others with other navies[source] | — |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
17.78 m (58 ft 4 in)[source]
on cushion
Single source6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) on cushion[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Retired | 11+[source] | — |
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| Type | Landing craft[source] | hovercraft[source] |
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| Capacity | 90 t (89 long tons; 99 short tons)[source] | 58 seated passengers[source] |
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| Troops | 200[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | — |
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| National origin | France[source] | — |
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| Name | — | SR.N6 Winchester class[source] |
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| Builders | — | British Hovercraft Corporation[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | SR.N5[source] |
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| Built | — | 1964-1982[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Saunders-Roe , (later British Hovercraft Corporation )[source] |
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