Ouragan class landing platform dock
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 The Ouragan |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Brest arsenal (DCN) |
| Operators: |  France |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 1 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ouragan class Landing craft transport |
| Displacement: | 5,965 tons empty, 8,500 tons loaded |
| Length: | 149 metres |
| Beam: | 21.50 metres |
| Draft: | 5.4 metres |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles, at 15-knot (28 km/h) speed, 15000 at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: |
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| Sensors and processing systems: |
2 Racal-Decca radars |
| Armament: |
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The Ouragan is a class of French landing platform docks operated by the French Navy. They are called Transport de Chalands de Débarquement (TCD, "landing craft transport")
The ships in that class are used for:
- the fast loading and unloading of landing craft, and other equipment, carrying troops and vehicles;
- carrying, supplying and operating helicopters transporting commandos or providing close support;
- transporting the mission crew;
- commanding a landing operation of limited scale.
The class comprises:
- Ouragan (Hurricane), L9021
- Orage (Storm), L9022
The two ships of this class were supposedly due for transfer to the Argentine Navy in 2006 and 2007 but concerns about asbestos (a toxic material) used on the ships construction had delay the decision.
 Command bridge of the Ouragan |
 The landing craft Ouragan and Orage docked in Toulon |
 Ouragan and HMS Intrepid |
 Ouragan and HMS Intrepid |
