French ship Dixmude (L9015)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Dixmude.

BPC Dixmude (L9015) in Jounieh bay, Lebanon 2012.
History
France
Name	Dixmude
Namesake	Fusiliers Marins at the battle of Diksmuide
Builder	Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire
Cost	€451.6m (FY 2012) (~US$600m)
Laid down	20 January 2010 in Saint-Nazaire
Launched	17 September 2010
Commissioned	27 December 2012
Homeport	Toulon
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	16,500 t (empty) 21,300 t (full load) 32,300 t (with ballast)
Length	199 m (653 ft)
Beam	32 m (105 ft)
Draught	6.3 m (21 ft)
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (4 × 6,2 MW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW) with 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers
Speed	18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph)
Range	5,800 nautical miles (10,800 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) 10,700 nautical miles (19,800 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity	2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles
Complement	20 officers 80 petty officers 60 quarter-masters 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise) 150-man operational headquarter
Armament	2 × Simbad surface-to-air missile systems 2 × 30 mm Breda-Mauser autocannons 4 × 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried	16 heavy or 35 light helicopters

Dixmude (L9015) is an amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name, and is the third ship of the Mistral-class amphibious assault ships.

Dixmude was delivered to the French defence procurement agency on 3 January 2012, three months ahead of schedule.

In January 2013, Dixmude took part in Operation Serval, ferrying elements of the 92^ème Régiment d’Infanterie to Mali.

In April 2016, it was announced she would be part of the Anglo-French CJEX.