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Trieux class Tank Landing Ship
Bâtiments de Débarquement de Chars (BDC)
 

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Ships:
 
L 9007 FS Trieux (1960-88)
L 9003 FS Argens (1960-85)
L 9004 FS Bidassoa (1961-87)
L 9008 FS Dives (1961-86)
L 9009 FS Blavet (1961-86)
 
 
Specifications:
 
Displacement: 1750 tons (empty) / 4225 tons (full load)
Length: 102.1 meters (335 feet)
Beam: 15.5 meters (50 ft)
Draft: 3.2 meters (10 ft 6 in)
Speed: 11.5 knots (21 km/h), max.
Range: 18500 NM (34260 km) at 10 knots (18 km/h)
Complement: 74
 
Propulsion:
2 x SEMT-Pielstick 1.8V16PA diesel engines (2000 hp / 1472 kW)
2 shafts / 2 propellers
 
Armament:
2 x Bofors 40mm guns
4 x Oerlikon 20mm guns
 
Aviation:
 flight deck and 15x8 meters hangar (added later) for up to 2 helicopters
 
Troops + Cargo:
800 passengers
or 1800 tons of cargo
4 landing craft (LCVP)
 
 Systems:
Decca RM1226 navigation radar
DRBN-31, later DRBN-32 navigation radar
 
 
Ship data:
 
L 9007 FS Trieux
 
Namesake: Trieux river, Brittany
 
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (ACB), Nantes, Brittany
Laid down: April 25, 1958
Launched: December 6, 1958
Commissioned: March 18, 1960
Decommissioned: December 5, 1988
Fate: sold for scrap / scrapped in Singapore 1991

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 L 9003 FS Argens

Namesake: Argens river, Department Var
 
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (ACB), Nantes, Brittany
Laid down: July 10. 1958
Launched: April 11, 1959
Commissioned: June 27, 1960
Decommissioned: December 4, 1985
Fate: awaiting dismantling at St. Mandrier

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L 9004 FS Bidassoa

Namesake: Bidassoa river, Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
 
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait, Normandy
Laid down: January 30, 1960
Launched: December 29, 1960
Commissioned: October 1, 1961
Decommissioned: September 19, 1989
Fate: sunk as a target in the Iroise Sea, off Brittany on September 19, 1989

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L 9008 FS Dives

Namesake: Dives river, Normandy
 
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait, Normandy
Laid down: August 7, 1959
Launched: June 28, 1960
Commissioned: April 14, 1961
Decommissioned: April 21, 1986
Fate: awaiting dismantling at St. Mandrier

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L 9009 FS Blavet

Namesake: Blavet river, Brittany
 
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (ACB), Nantes, Brittany
Laid down: January 19, 1959
Launched: January 16, 1960
Commissioned: January 1, 1961
Decommissioned: September 15, 1986
Fate: sunk as a target off Tahiti on September 6, 1988

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images

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L 9003 FS Argens

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L 9003 FS Argens and L 9004 FS Bidassoa

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L 9004 FS Bidassoa

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L 9007 FS Trieux

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L 9009 FS Blavet - note the added hangar
 
 
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