Country: France
Class, [Type]: [AGI].
Builder: Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes, France.
Launch date: 03 October 1986.
Commission date: 25 February 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.600 standard, 5.200 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 112,78 x 17 x 4,34
Main machinery: 2 x SACM-Wärtsilä UD33V12 M6 diesels ( 4.800 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 15.
Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 12 knots.
Complement: 52 ( 6 officers ) + 30 technicians.

Guns: 2 x 12,7mm.
Military lift: 1200tm in the docking well ( landing craft or 20ft. containers ), 70 cubic meters of helicopter fuel.

Radar: Navigation: 2 x 2 x Racal Decca Bridgemaster 250 E.
Countermeasures: EW: ARBG-2 comms intercept suite.
Helicopter: Can operate two medium helicopters ( Puma ).

Callsign: FABG (     )
Comment: A former LSD, was ordered for use between Papetee and Mururoa. Converted in 1999 to serve as an AGI in replacement of Berry ( A-644 ). Still retains some LSD capacities, and carries an LCVP and a launch.
Homeport: Toulon.

Similar units:
 A644 Berry