402 Daoud Ben Aicha

Country:  Morocco

Class, [Type]: Champlain, [LSM].

Builder: Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes, France.

Commission date: 28 May 1977.

Displacement ( tons ): 750, 1.350 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 80 x 13 x 2,4

Main machinery: 2 x SACM V-12 diesels ( 3.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 16.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 13 knots.

Complement: 84 ( 30 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 40mm/70 Bofors, 2 x 12,7mm, 2 x 81mm mortars.

Military lift: 133 troops, 12 vehicles (330 tonnes).

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Decca 1226.

Comment: Has a helicopter platform aft. First unit of a class of three.

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