Sunday, May 20, 2012

L'Adroit


L'Adroit (formerly Hermes) is a Gowind class patrol ship built with DCNSfinancing and to be handed over to the French Navy.
L'Adroit was proposed by DCNS as a contender for French Navy plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone.
DESIGN
The ship is a semi-planing steel monohull. It is 285.43 feet (87 m) in length, displaces 1,450 metric tons. The design incorporates a flight deck with integrated helicopter or UAS [1] launch, recovery and handling system and the capability to launch and recover boats (manned and unmanned) from the stern.
General characteristics
Class and type:Gowind class
Displacement:1,450 t (1,450 t) (full load)
Length:285.43 ft (87.00 m)
Beam:36.1 ft (11.0 m)
Draft:10.82 ft (3.30 m)
Installed power:Electrical:
Propulsion:Anglo Belgian Corporation V12diesel engines, 5.6 MW
Speed:21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:8,000 nmi (14,800 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance:30 days
Boats and landing
craft carried:
2x 9 m (30 ft) RHIBs
Complement:30 core crew, up to 29 troops
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • DCNS Polaris combat management system
  • Terma Scanter 2001 I-Band surface search radar
  • Sagem EOMS (Electro Optical Multisensor System) NG
  • Sagem SIGMA 40D Inertial measurement unit
  • LinkSrechts Helicopter visual landing aid system
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
Armament:
  • 1x 20 mm artillery
  • 2x .50-cal machine guns
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities:helicopter pad and hangar

  
    
   



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