L-9051 Sabre

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: EDIC 700, [LCU].

Builder: SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France.

Launch date: 02 March 1987.

Commission date: 13 June 1987.

Displacement ( tons ): 325 light, 736 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 59,4 x 11,9 x 1,4

Main machinery: 2 x SACM-Wärtsilä Type UD30 V12 M3D diesels ( 1.400 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 12.

Range ( miles ): 2.800 at 12,5 knots, 3.600 at 10,2 knots.

Complement: 19 ( 1 officer ).

Guns: 2 x Browning M-2HB 12,7mm.

Military lift: 340 tons on the 28,5 x 8m cargo deck.

Radar: Navigation: DRBN 32, I band.

Callsign: FCPF ()

Comment: Was based at Papetee, and used at the french nuclear testing facilities in the Pacific.

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