LSDH-91 Sargento Aldea

Country:  Chile

Class, [Type]: Foudre, [LSD].

Builder: DCN, Brest, France.

Launch date: 19 November 1988.

Commission date: 23 December 2011.

Displacement ( tons ): 8.200 light, 12.000 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 168 x 23,5 x 5,2

Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V400 diesels ( 20.760 hp ), 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 21.

Range ( miles ): 11.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 210 ( 13 officers ) + 470 passengers.

Guns: 3 x 30mm Breda Mauser, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x Simbad systems ( Mistral missiles ).

Military lift: 10 x LCK, 6 x AMX-30, 15 x AMX-10 , 8 x APC´s, 22 x jeeps, 29 x 5,5tm trucks, 29 x 0,5tm trucks. Can accommodate Leclerc heavy tanks.

Radar: Air/Surface Search: 1 x DRBV 21; Navigation: 2 x DRBN 34; Fire Control: 2 x DIBC-2A.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 1 x AN-SLQ 25 Nixie, torpedo decoy system; ECM: 2 x ARBB-36 (jammers).

Helicopter: 4 x AS332 Super Puma or 2 x SA321 Super Frelon.

Homeport: Talcahuano.

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