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French ship Foudre (L9011)larger figure on 1 of 4
HNLMS Johan de Wittlarger figure on 3 of 4
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Length
Single source168 m (551 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French ship Foudre (L9011) | HNLMS Johan de Witt |
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| Name | Foudre[source] | Johan de Witt[source] |
| Namesake | Lightning[source] | Johan de Witt[source] |
| Builder | DCN, Brest[source] | Damen Shipyards Galați , Romania Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding , Netherlands (fitting out)[source] |
| Laid down | 26 March 1986[source] | 18 June 2003 |
176.35 m (578 ft 7 in)[source]
officers 80 petty officers 60 Quarter-masters
Single source20 officers 80 petty officers 60 Quarter-masters[source]
Installed power
Single source20,800 hp (15,500 kW)[source]
Engines: 2 SEMT Pielstick 16 PC 2.5 V400 diesels Propellers: 2 adjustable-blade propellers and one beam propeller Auxiliaries: 1 beam propeller (1,000 hp) Electrical plant:5 SACM-Unidiesel diesels alternators Electrical power: 4,250 kW (5 × 850 kW)[source]
Diesel-electric system 4 × Stork Wärtsilä 14,800 kW (19,800 hp) with Podded Propulsion bow thruster[source]
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| Launched | 19 November 1988[source] | 13 May 2006[source] |
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| Commissioned | 7 December 1990[source] | 30 November 2007[source] |
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| Decommissioned | December 2011[source] | — |
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| Home port | Toulon[source] | Den Helder[source] |
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| Identification | L 9011[source] | IMO number : 9280768 MMSI number : 244527000 Callsign : PAJW Deck code : JW[source] |
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| Fate | Transferred to the Chilean Navy in December 2011[source] | — |
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| Acquired | 23 December 2011[source] | — |
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| Status | In active service[source] | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Foudre -class landing platform dock[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 8 landing craft[source] | 2 × 7 m (23 ft) RHIB Up to 4 x LCVP or 12 m (39 ft) RHIB 2 × LCU in welldock Provisions for Combat Boat 90 's. Can also accommodate LCACs[source] |
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| Capacity | 150-man command headquarters[source] | 170 armoured personnel carriers or 33 main battle tanks[source] |
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| Troops | 450 (900 for a short cruise)[source] | 555 marines[source] |
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| Armament | 3 Simbad systems 3 30 mm Breda-Mauser guns 4 12.7 mm M2-HB Browing machine guns[source] | 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS 4-6 x Browning .50 and FN MAG machine guns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 helicopters AS-532 Cougar (Chilean Navy)[source] | 6 x NH90 NFH or 6 x H215M Cougar or 4 x CH-47F Chinook helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar[source] | Hangar and stern helicopter flight deck with two landing spots[source] |
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| Role | amphibious assault ship of the Marine Nationale , the twelfth vessel to bear the name , and lead ship of the Foudre -class landing platform docks[source] | — |
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| Operator | — | Royal Netherlands Navy[source] |
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| Cost | — | ƒ 260m[source] |
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| Motto | — | Ago Quod Ago (I do what I do)[source] |
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| Type | — | Rotterdam -class landing platform dock[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 6 weeks[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Thales Netherlands Variant 2D Combined air / surface radar Thales Netherlands Gatekeeper E/O Warning system SATCOM, Link 11 , JMCIS[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 4 x Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | HNLMS Johan de Witt ( Dutch : Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt ) is the second Rotterdam -class landing platform dock of the Royal Netherlands Navy . It is an improved design of Rotterdam , which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain. The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006. The motto of the ship is Ago Quod Ago , translated as I do what I do .[source]HNLMS Johan de Witt · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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