French ship Dixmude (L9015)

	BPC Dixmude in Jounieh bay, Lebanon 2012.
History
France
Name:	Dixmude
Namesake:	Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide
Builder:	Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Cost:	€451.6m (FY 2012) (~US$600m)
Laid down:	20 January 2010 in Saint-Nazaire
Launched:	17 September 2010
Commissioned:	27 December 2012
Homeport:	Toulon
Identification:	L9015
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type:	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	16,500 t (empty); 21,300 t (full load); 32,300 t (with ballast);
Length:	199 m (653 ft)
Beam:	32 m (105 ft)
Draught:	6.3 m (21 ft)
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (4 × 6.2 MW (8,300 hp))
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric; two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW (9,400 hp)) with 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers
Speed:	18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph)
Range:	5,800 nautical miles (10,800 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 10,700 nautical miles (19,800 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph);
Capacity:	2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles
Complement:	20 officers; 80 petty officers; 60 quarter-masters; 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise); 150-man operational headquarter;
Armament:	2 × Simbad surface-to-air missile systems; 2 × 30 mm Breda-Mauser autocannons; 4 × 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns;
Aircraft carried:	16 heavy or 35 light helicopters

Dixmude (L9015) is an amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name, and is the third ship of the Mistral class.

Dixmude was delivered to the French defence procurement agency on 3 January 2012, three months ahead of schedule.^[4]

Service history

In January 2013, Dixmude took part in Operation Serval, ferrying elements of the 92^ème Régiment d’Infanterie to Mali.^[5]

In April 2016, it was announced she would be part of the Anglo-French CJEX.^[6]

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v t e Mistral-class amphibious assault ships
French Navy	Mistral Tonnerre *Dixmude*
Egyptian Navy	Gamal Abdel Nasser (ex-Vladivostok) Anwar El Sadat (ex-Sevastopol)
Preceded by: Foudre class Followed by: None
List of amphibious warfare vessels of the French Navy

History
BPC Dixmude in Jounieh bay, Lebanon 2012.
France
Name:	Dixmude
Namesake:	Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide^[1]
Builder:	Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Cost:	€451.6m^[2] (FY 2012) (~US$600m)
Laid down:	20 January 2010 in Saint-Nazaire^[1]
Launched:	17 September 2010^[3]
Commissioned:	27 December 2012
Homeport:	Toulon
Identification:	L9015
Status:	in active service, as of 2024^[update]
General characteristics
Class & type:	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	16,500 t (empty) 21,300 t (full load) 32,300 t (with ballast)
Length:	199 m (653 ft)
Beam:	32 m (105 ft)
Draught:	6.3 m (21 ft)
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (4 × 6.2 MW (8,300 hp))
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric; two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW (9,400 hp)) with 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers
Speed:	18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph)
Range:	5,800 nautical miles (10,800 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) 10,700 nautical miles (19,800 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity:	2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles
Complement:	20 officers 80 petty officers 60 quarter-masters 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise) 150-man operational headquarter
Armament:	2 × Simbad surface-to-air missile systems 2 × 30 mm Breda-Mauser autocannons 4 × 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried:	16 heavy or 35 light helicopters