L-9077 Bougainville

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: [AGI].

Builder: Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes, France.

Launch date: 03 October 1986.

Commission date: 25 February 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.600 standard, 5.200 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 112,78 x 17 x 4,34

Main machinery: 2 x SACM-Wärtsilä UD33V12 M6 diesels ( 4.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15.

Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 52 ( 6 officers ) + 30 technicians.

Guns: 2 x 12,7mm.

Military lift: 1.200tm in the docking well ( landing craft or 20ft. containers ), 70m³ of helicopter fuel.

Radar: Navigation: 2 x 2 x Racal Decca Bridgemaster 250 E.

Countermeasures: EW: ARBG-2 comms intercept suite.

Helicopter: Can operate two medium helicopters ( Puma ).

Callsign: FABG ()

Comment: A former LSD, was ordered for use between Papetee and Mururoa. Converted in 1999 to serve as an AGI in replacement of Berry ( A-644 ). Still retains some LSD capacities, and carries an LCVP and a launch.

Homeport: Toulon.

Similar units:

 A644 Berry