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Foudre-class landing platform docklarger figure on 1 of 3
Spanish ship Juan Carlos Ilarger figure on 2 of 3
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Single source168.0 m (551 ft 2 in) oa[source]
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| Specification | Foudre-class landing platform dock | Spanish ship Juan Carlos I |
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| Name | Foudre class[source] | Juan Carlos I[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Chilean Navy Brazilian Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Bougainville class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Mistral class[source] | — |
| Built | 1986–1998[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
230.82 m (757 ft 3 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Landing platform dock[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 30 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 10 CTMs[source] | Four LCM-1E[source] |
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| Troops | 470[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × DRBV-21A air/surface search radar 1 × Decca 2459 surface search radar[source] | LANZA-N air search, ARIES surface search, PAR aircraft landing EID ICCS integrated communications control system[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × ARBB-36 jammer 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie decoy system[source] | REGULUS and RIGEL[source] |
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| Armament | 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] | 4 × RWS Sentinel 2.0 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 x BPDMS (FBNW) 1 x VLS (FBNW)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × Super Puma EC225 or 2 × Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon[source] | AV-8B Harrier II , Chinook , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk , NH90[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 1,450 m 2 (15,600 sq ft) flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | DCN Brest[source]Foudre class · Foudre L9011 original construction | — |
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| Landing craft carried | 10 CTMs[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | — |
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| Troop capacity | 470[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | — |
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| Namesake | — | King Juan Carlos I of Spain[source] |
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| Ordered | — | 5 September 2003[source] |
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| Builder | — | Navantia[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 462 million[source] |
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| Laid down | — | May 2005[source] |
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| Launched | — | 22 September 2009[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 30 September 2010[source] |
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| Home port | — | Naval Station Rota , Rota[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : L61[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Juan Carlos I class[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 913 soldiers + up to 46 Leopard 2E tanks[source] |
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| Notes | — | Aircraft composition: Pure combat: 25 AV-8B/F-35B + 6 flight deck parking spots Mix: 11 AV-8B + 12 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots Pure transport: 25 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots[source] |
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| Role | — | aircraft carrier - landing helicopter dock (LHD)[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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