Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship vs Foudre-class landing platform dock

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AAmphibious assault ships

Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship

Landing platform helicopter

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Foudre-class landing platform dock — licensed reference photograph

BAmphibious assault ships

Foudre-class landing platform dock

Landing platform dock

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Dokdo-class amphibious assault shipLength

199 m

Length source ↗

Foudre-class landing platform dockoa

168 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Dokdo-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+32%
Draught+25%

Foudre-class landing platform docklarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 33 rows sourced on both sides

199m

168moa

Length

All recorded figures & sources

199 m

Length

Single source

199 m (652 ft 11 in)^[source]

168 m

Single source

168.0 m (551 ft 2 in) oa^[source]

31m

23.5m

Beam+32%

All recorded figures & sources

31 m

Beam

Single source

31 m (101 ft 8 in)^[source]

23.5 m

Beam

Single source

23.5 m (77 ft 1 in)^[source]

5.6m

Draught+25%

All recorded figures & sources

7 m

Draught

Single source

7 m (23 ft 0 in)^[source]

5.6 m

Draught

Single source

5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)^[source]

14,300 tons (empty) / 19,500 tons (full)

11,880tfull load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

14,300 tons (empty) / 19,500 tons (full)^[source]

11,880 tonnes

full load

Single source

9,300 tonnes

standard

Single source

9,300 t (9,200 long tons ) (standard) 11,880 t (11,690 long tons) (full load)^[source]

330

—

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

330 people

Crew

Single source

330^[source]

—

215

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

215 people

Complement

Single source

215^[source]

43km/hMaximum

39km/hMaximum; Speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

43 km/h

Maximum

Single source

33 km/h

Maximum; cruising

Single source

23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) maximum 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) cruising^[source]

39 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)^[source]

—

20,000kmat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

20,000 km

at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Single source

11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

4 SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 STC marine diesel engine 24 MW (32,000 shp )

15,480kWInstalled power

Power

All recorded figures & sources

4 SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 STC marine diesel engine 24 MW (32,000 shp )^[source]

15,480 kW

Installed power

Single source

15,480 kW (20,760 bhp )^[source]

2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC 2.5 V400 diesel engines 2 × controllable-pitch propellers 1 × bow thruster (750 kW; 1,000 hp) 5 × 850 kW diesel alternators^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship and Foudre-class landing platform dock configuration
Specification	Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship	Foudre-class landing platform dock
Name	Dokdo class^[source]	Foudre class^[source]
Builders	Hanjin Heavy Industries^[source]	—
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]	French Navy Chilean Navy Brazilian Navy^[source]
Succeeded by	CVX (Planned)^[source]	Mistral class^[source]
Cost	KRW 325,770,000,000 (2005) US$ 285 million^[source]	—
Planned	2^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	2^[source]
Active	2^[source]	2^[source]
Type	Landing platform helicopter^[source]	Landing platform dock^[source]
Boats & landing craft carried	2 LCAC ( LSF-II )^[source]	10 CTMs^[source]
Capacity	Up to 200 vehicles (including tanks)^[source]	—
Troops	720 marines^[source]	470^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	SMART-L air search radar ELM-2248 (MF-STAR) multifunction surveillance radar MW08 surface search radar LIG Nex1 SPS-550K AN/SPS-95K navigation radar TACAN VAMPIR-MB optronic sight^[source]	1 × DRBV-21A air/surface search radar 1 × Decca 2459 surface search radar^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM/ECM:SLQ-200(v)5K SONATA, Chaff launcher^[source]	1 × ARBB-36 jammer 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie decoy system^[source]
Armament	Guns: LPH-6111: 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS LPH-6112: 2 × Phalanx CIWS Missiles: LPH-6111: 1 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile LPH-6112: 4 x K-VLS cells^[source]	3 Simbad launcher systems for Mistral SAMs 3 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) Breda-Mauser guns 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns^[source]
Aircraft carried	Up to 15 helicopters ( UH-1 H, UH-60P or Super Lynx ) (Can support VTOL jets)^[source]	4 × Super Puma EC225 or 2 × Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon^[source]
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with 5 landing spots and hangar^[source]	1,450 m 2 (15,600 sq ft) flight deck^[source]
Country of origin	South Korea^[source] South Korea^[source]	France^[source]
Preceded by	—	Bougainville class^[source]
Built	—	1986–1998^[source]
Endurance	—	30 days^[source]
Manufacturer	—	DCN Brest^[source]Foudre class · Foudre L9011 original construction
Landing craft carried	—	10 CTMs^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained
Troop capacity	—	470^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained

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Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship

Foudre-class landing platform dock

Name

Dokdo class^[source]

Foudre class^[source]

Builders

Hanjin Heavy Industries^[source]

—

Operators

Republic of Korea Navy^[source]

French Navy Chilean Navy Brazilian Navy^[source]

Succeeded by

CVX (Planned)^[source]

Mistral class^[source]

Cost

KRW 325,770,000,000 (2005) US$ 285 million^[source]

—

Planned

2^[source]

—

Completed

2^[source]

Active

2^[source]

Type

Landing platform helicopter^[source]

Landing platform dock^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried

2 LCAC ( LSF-II )^[source]

10 CTMs^[source]

Capacity

Up to 200 vehicles (including tanks)^[source]

—

Troops

720 marines^[source]

470^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

SMART-L air search radar ELM-2248 (MF-STAR) multifunction surveillance radar MW08 surface search radar LIG Nex1 SPS-550K AN/SPS-95K navigation radar TACAN VAMPIR-MB optronic sight^[source]

1 × DRBV-21A air/surface search radar 1 × Decca 2459 surface search radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

ESM/ECM:SLQ-200(v)5K SONATA, Chaff launcher^[source]

1 × ARBB-36 jammer 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie decoy system^[source]

Armament

Guns: LPH-6111: 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS LPH-6112: 2 × Phalanx CIWS Missiles: LPH-6111: 1 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile LPH-6112: 4 x K-VLS cells^[source]

3 Simbad launcher systems for Mistral SAMs 3 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) Breda-Mauser guns 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns^[source]

Aircraft carried

Up to 15 helicopters ( UH-1 H, UH-60P or Super Lynx ) (Can support VTOL jets)^[source]

4 × Super Puma EC225 or 2 × Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon^[source]

Aviation facilities

Flight deck with 5 landing spots and hangar^[source]

1,450 m 2 (15,600 sq ft) flight deck^[source]

Country of origin

South Korea^[source]

France^[source]

Preceded by

—

Bougainville class^[source]

Built

—

1986–1998^[source]

Endurance

—

30 days^[source]

Manufacturer

—

DCN Brest^[source]Foudre class · Foudre L9011 original construction

Landing craft carried

—

10 CTMs^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained

Troop capacity

—

470^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained