Jane's Navy International magazine article by Luca Peruzzi
The program BDSL (Bâtiment de Débarquement et de Soutien Logistique) :
-Total displacement = 8800 tons
-Length = 142.9 meters
-Width = 21.5 meters
-Flight deck with two runways and landing pads for heavy-lift
helicopters in the extremities and 30-ton lift in the central part of the deck
-The power plant includes two diesel engines Wärtsilä 12V32 rated at 6000 kW
-The maximum speed = 20 knots
-Cruising range = 11,265 km
-Generation of electricity will be provided by four diesel generators
Isotta Fraschini V1716 C2ME capacity of 1300 kW
and one emergency V1708 T3 of 600 kW
-Armament includes MBDA SAAM-ESD (Aster missiles + A50 launcher Sylver)
behind the island superstructure +
Oto Melara 76/62 Super Rapid + 2 Single -25mm KB
-The electronic structure will include Selex Sistemi Integrati EMPAR +
AESA radar of CICS Athena-C + navigation radar and flight
control by -gosopoznavaniya SIR + Communication
system supplied by Selex Elsag + EW systems produced by Elettronica
and Thales + two SCLAR-H decoy launchers
-The Algerian helicopter landing ship dock can accommodate 3 Landing
Craft Mechanized (LCM) + 3 small Landing Craft Vehicle
Personnel (LCVP) + 1 large Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) + 2 semi-rigid boats.
The garage can accommodate
up to 15 armored vehicles.
-The crew = 150 people
-The landing force = 440 people
-The launching of the ship is scheduled for December 2013,
with the transfer to the Algerian Navy in September 2014.
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