BATRAL-class landing ship
{{Short description|French Navy landing vessel}}
{{Infobox ship begin |sclass=2}}
|+BATRAL class {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=BATRAL-francis-garnier-01.jpg |Ship caption=BATRAL Francis Garnier }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= |Builders=*DCN, Brest |Operators= |Class before= |Class after=Bâtiment Multimission (B2M) |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed= |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Landing ship tank |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=770 t, 1,330 t fully loaded |Ship length={{convert|80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|13|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power=*2 × diesel SACM Wärtsilä UD 33 V12 M4
|Ship propulsion=2 × 4-bladed propellers |Ship speed={{convert|16|kn|lk=in|0}} |Ship range={{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|13|kn|0}} |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=*3 officers
|Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors=*1 × Decca 1226 navigation radar
|Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 × 40 mm anti-air guns
|Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities=Helicopter landing deck |Ship notes= }} |
The Bâtiment de Transport Léger (abbreviated BATRAL; "Light ferry ship") are small landing ships of the French Navy. Also known as Champlain class by the lead ship,[http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/ Champlain class] they have been used for regional transport and patrol needs in French Overseas Departments and Territories since the 1970s.{{cite news | url=http://www.janes.com/article/32202/france-orders-three-new-multimission-vessels | title=France orders three new multimission vessels | first=Alex | last= Pape | newspaper=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly | date=9 January 2014}} On 9 January 2014 it was announced that the two remaining Batrals in French service would be replaced in 2015/16 by three (subsequently four) 1500-tonne Bâtiments Multimission (B2M) at a cost of ~€100m (US$136m).
Design
The BATRALs can ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or on a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading fifty men and light vehicles each. The accommodations are designed for a Guépard-type intervention unit (five officers, fifteen petty officers and 118 men), or for typical company-sized armoured units. A helicopter landing deck allows landing for light helicopters, and transfer to and from heavy helicopters.
History
The Chilean Navy purchased the plans and built three ships in the ASMAR shipyards in the early 1980s.
Ships
- Champlain decommissioned
- Francis Garnier decommissioned
- Dumont D'Urville decommissioned in July 2017
- Jacques Cartier decommissioned{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actu-marine/le-batral-jacques-cartier-est-rentre-en-france |title=Le Batral Jacques Cartier est rentré en France |trans-title=The landing ship Jacques Cartier returned to France |website=Marine Nationale |publisher=Ministère de la Défense |language=French |date=15 July 2013}}
- La Grandière decommissioned in 2016
- Maipo (LST-91) 1982–1998
- Rancagua (LST-92) 1983–present
- Chacabuco (LST-95) 1986–present
- L'Elephant
- President el Hadj Omar Bongo (L05)
- Daoud Ben Aicha (402)
- Ahmed Es Skali (403)
- Abou Abdallah El Ayachi (404)
Image:BATRAL-francis-garnier-02.jpg|{{ship|French landing ship|Francis Garnier||2}} at sea
Image:BATRAL-francis-garnier-36.jpg|Francis Garnier in port
Image:BATRAL29.jpg|Dumont D'Urville with her landing bow opened
References
{{reflist}}
{{Commons category|BATRAL}}
{{French Navy Vehicle}}
{{BATRAL}}
{{Ship classes of the Royal Moroccan Navy}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batral}}