DGA Received Dixmunde

The company DCNS announced the delivery of the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) Defense of France built jointly with "STX France" UDC "Dixmunde" class "Mistral" (Batiment de Projection et de Commandement - BPC). The formal procedure for signing the acceptance of another place on January 3, but is officially on the transfer of UDC was announced on 14 January, after his visit to Toulon, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet.

Delivery is made for 3 months before the stipulated contract period (according to the schedule, the transfer of UDC was planned at the end of the first quarter of 2012). The ship enters into service the fleet later this year.


UDC "Dixmunde" is the third ship of the class "Mistral". Cutting steel for its construction began in April 2009 - immediately after the contract with the companies "STX France" and DCNS. The new UDC will replace one of the two amphibious ships, docks class "FUDR". Estimated cost of the agreement by UDC "Diksmund", signed in the framework of incentive plan of the defense industry in France amounted to 420 million euros (554 million dollars).

Construction UDC "Dixmunde" was carried out in Saint-Nazaire in the company of «STX France", which is the main contractor for the project. In June 2011, UDC has arrived at the shipyard DCNS in Toulon, where he was fitted with combat systems, instrumentation and data communications, navigation systems and combat control systems. Letting the customer ship combat systems was carried out by DCNS in the three exits to the sea instead of six in the agreement.

During the 2012 UDC "Dixmunde" will be used as a training ship for naval officers and the Army in the operation of the French Navy, "Joan of Arc." Ships of the "Mistral" can be used as a helicopter landing ship dock, a floating hospital for 69 beds, an escape vessel for humanitarian missions. Available on board equipped with advanced communications control center area of ​​850 square meters. m making it the ideal vehicle command and control.


The lead ship Series "Mistral" (b / n L9013) was founded July 10, 2003 and handed over to the French Navy December 15, 2006. Construction of a second UDC "Tonner" began in December 2004 and in August 2007, he joined the French Navy. UDC class "Mistral" is a ship of length 199 m, a width of 32 m, with a displacement of 21,500 tons and a draft of 6.2 m. The UDC may carry on board 16 heavy helicopters, 70 pieces of equipment (including 16 MBT "Leclerc"), and 450 landing .

The ship is equipped with an internal dock, which can be placed two hovercraft or two-speed landing craft a new generation of EDA-R or four landing craft LCM. UDC reach speeds of 19 knots. High level of automation has reduced the crew to 170 permanent staff. In the long term for the French Navy plans to build a fourth-class ship "Mistral". His delivery is tentatively planned for 2019-2020 years.