| The Mistral in Toulon harbour | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Mistral |
| Builders: | STX Europe DCNS Admiralty Shipyard |
| Operators: |  Marine Nationale Russian Navy (future) |
| Preceded by: | Foudre |
| Cost: | $420.0 million ~ $600 million per ship |
| In commission: | December 2005 – present |
| Building: | Dixmude (fitting out in Toulon), Vladivostok, laid down for Russia in Feb 2012. |
| Planned: | 5-7 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | Mistral, Tonnerre, Dixmude |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | landing platform helicopter |
| Displacement: | 16,500 tonnes (empty) 21,300 tonnes (full load) 32,300 tonnes (with ballasts) |
| Length: | 199 m |
| Beam: | 32 m |
| Draught: | 6.3 m |
| Installed power: | 3 Wärtsilä diesels-alternators 16 V32 (6.2 MW) + 1 Wärtsilä Vaasa auxiliary diesel-alternator 18V200 (3 MW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW), 2 5-bladed propellers |
| Speed: | 18.8 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,800 km at 18 knots (33 km/h) 19,800 kilometres at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
4 CTM (chaland de transport de matériel) alternatively, 2 LCAC (Landing Craft, Air Cushion) |
| Capacity: | 59 vehicles (including 13 Leclerc tanks) or a 40-strong Leclerc tank battalion |
| Troops: | 900 (short duration) 450 (long durations) 150 (serving as operational headquarters) |
| Complement: | 20 officers, 80 petty officers, 60 quarter-masters |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
DRBN-38A Decca Bridgemaster E250 navigation radar MRR3D-NG air/surface sentry radar 2 optronic fire control systems |
| Armament: | 2 x Simbad systems 4 x 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 16 heavy or 35 light helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | 6 helicopter landing spots |