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Caiman class Heavy Landing Ship - 1937
- Caiman (1937)
- Alligator (1937)
- Crocodile (1937)
- Jacara (1937)
- Daman (1938)
- Addax (1938)
- Gazelle (1938)
- Gerboise (1938)

Châteaurenault class Dock Landing Ship - 1941
- Châteaurenault (1941)
- Destrées (1943)

Montebello class Vehicle Landing Ship - 1935 / 1941
- Montebello (1941)
- Condorcet (1941)
- Bazaine (1943)
- Gallieni (1944)

CDIC-200 class Tank Landing Craft - 1941
- C1 (built 1941)
- C2 (built 1941)
- C3 (built 1942)
- C4 (built 1942)
- C5 (built 1942)
- C6 (built 1942)
- C7 (built 1943)
- C8 (built 1943)
- C9 (built 1943)
- C10 (built 1943)

EDA-55 class Vehicle Landing Craft - 1941
- 21 in service

EA-13 class Landing Craft - 1941
- 30 in service

Fantassin class Infantry Landing Craft - 1942
- Fantassin (laid down 1942)
- Tirailleur (laid down 1942)
- Voltigeur (laid down 1943)
- Mameluck (laid down 1943)
- Spahi (laid down 1944)
- Chasseur (laid down 1944)

Caiman-class, Franco-Russian Heavy Landing Ship laid down 1934
French ships actually laid down 1937 and 1938, but not re-simmed.

Displacement:
2,852 t light; 2,916 t standard; 3,003 t normal; 3,072 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
387.47 ft / 387.47 ft x 59.06 ft x 6.56 ft (normal load)
118.10 m / 118.10 m x 18.00 m x 2.00 m

Armament:
1 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns in single mounts, 12.87lbs / 5.84kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose gun in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline forward
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
2 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1934 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all forward
Weight of broadside 25 lbs / 12 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 1,578 shp / 1,177 Kw = 12.00 kts
Range 2,500nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 156 tons

Complement:
202 - 263

Cost:
£0.534 million / $2.137 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 3 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 8 tons, 0.3 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 4 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 4 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 45 tons, 1.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,496 tons, 49.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 151 tons, 5.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,300 tons, 43.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
12,861 lbs / 5,834 Kg = 999.1 x 3.0 " / 75 mm shells or 2.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.17
Metacentric height 3.0 ft / 0.9 m
Roll period: 14.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.55

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.700
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.56 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.68 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 21 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 25.26 ft / 7.70 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 18.70 ft / 5.70 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.70 ft / 5.70 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18.70 ft / 5.70 m
- Stern: 18.70 ft / 5.70 m
- Average freeboard: 19.23 ft / 5.86 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 53.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 323.4 %
Waterplane Area: 18,340 Square feet or 1,704 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 211 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 63 lbs/sq ft or 305 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.87
- Overall: 1.02
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Notes:
- This ship will carry the personnel and personal equipment of a Naval Infantry Battalion (650 men), or an Armor Company (10 T-28 and an Artillery Battery (6 M-30 122mm), plus crews (130), supporting trucks and supplies (32 trucks, 400 tons)
- The bottom of the ship is sloped. The draft forward is 1.5m. and the draft aft is 2.5m. The ship is intended to be landed at high tide, being refloated at the next high tide.
- Russian design laid down 1934; acquired for French use 1937.

Vessels in Class:
- Caiman (1937)
- Alligator (1937)
- Crocodile (1937)
- Jacara (1937)
- Daman (1938)
- Addax (1938)
- Gazelle (1938)
- Gerboise (1938)

Châteaurenault, French transport de chalands de débarquement laid down 1941

Displacement:
7,539 t light; 7,787 t standard; 9,752 t normal; 11,324 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
504.96 ft / 492.13 ft x 70.54 ft x 17.72 ft (normal load)
153.91 m / 150.00 m x 21.50 m x 5.40 m

Armament:
4 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (2x2 guns), 35.27lbs / 16.00kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 172 lbs / 78 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 500

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 6,253 shp / 4,665 Kw = 16.00 kts
Range 16,000nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,537 tons

Complement:
489 - 637

Cost:
£1.874 million / $7.495 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 19 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 165 tons, 1.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,855 tons, 29.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,213 tons, 22.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 4,500 tons, 46.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20,332 lbs / 9,222 Kg = 666.4 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 3.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 3.6 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 15.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.64

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.555
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.98 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.92 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 30 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (30 %): 9.84 ft / 3.00 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m before break)
- Stern: 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.55 ft / 5.05 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 58.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 176.5 %
Waterplane Area: 25,343 Square feet or 2,354 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 196 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 84 lbs/sq ft or 412 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.20
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Notes:
- 1975.5 tons for water in well deck simmed as fuel; range is actually 8,000nm at 16 knots
- Well deck is 45m long by 15.5m wide by 2.75 meters deep, with total water weight of 1,918.125 tons

The well deck can hold:
- 2x CDIC-200s, 2x EDA-55s, and 1x EA-13
- 6x EDA-55s and 1x EA-13
- 13x EA-13s
- 2x CDIC-200s and 5x EA-13s

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 1600 tons for 800 troops
- 560 tons for tanks (16x35t tanks)
- 624 tons for vehicles (50x12t vehicles)
- 330 tons for six EDA-55 vehicle landing craft (55t each) in aft well
- 52 tons for 4 EA-13 infantry landing craft (13 tons each) in davits
- 150 tons for vehicle, tank, and landing craft spares.
- 100 tons for vehicle and small boat repair shop+crane
- 19 tons for high-capacity pumps (to flood or drain well deck)
- 1,000 tons for combat supplies
- 65 tons for radio-teledetection equipment and other electronics
Total: 4,500 tons

Ships in Class:
- Châteaurenault (1941)
- Destrées (1943)

EA-13 (Engin d'Assaut)
Displacement: 13 tonnes
Length: 13 m
Width: 3 m
Draught: 0.4 m
Machinery: 1 x 225hp marine diesel engine
Speed: 8 knots
Cruising range: 30nm at 8 knots
Crew: 2 men
Armament (typical): two 12.7mm machine guns
Transport capacity: 14 men maximum or 5 tonnes of materiel
Number in Service: 29

Notes: A number of these craft are deployed to French naval bases for use as light harbor transports (men and material). Nineteen are currently deployed at Abidjan, Dakar, Lorient, Brest (3), Dunkerque, Casablanca, Saigon, Cam Rahn Bay, Toulon (4), Tunis, Bizerte, Papeete (2), and Djibouti. One craft was turned over to the Syrian Navy in late 1941.

EDA-55 (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie)
Displacement: 55 tonnes
Length: 18.5 m
Width: 4.3 m
Draught: 1.5 m
Machinery: 2 x 225hp marine diesel engines
Speed: 8 knots
Cruising range : 140nm at 8 knots
Crew: 6 men
Armament (typical): three 20mm HS.404 AA guns, two 12.7mm machine guns, two rifle grenade launchers
Transport capacity : 125 men, one medium tank (max 35t), one truck or 35 tonnes of materiel

21 total:
- 4x aboard Montebello
- 4x aboard Condorcet
- 4x aboard Bazaine
- 2x aboard Châteaurenault
- 4x Indochina Patrouille Navale
- 3x at Centre Interarmee de Operations Amphibies (Arzew)

Montebello, French Navire de débarquement de véhicules laid down 1935, converted 1941
This vessel carries several smaller landing craft (EDA-55 mechanized landing craft and EA-13 infantry landing craft) in modified lifeboat davits. Cranes are able to unload cargo from the holds, or amphibious vehicles may disembark into the water via the stern unloading ramp, which opens directly onto the main vehicle deck. This large vehicle deck runs most of the length of the ship and can accommodate vehicles as large as a tank.

Displacement:
5,275 t light; 5,491 t standard; 8,138 t normal; 10,255 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
463.66 ft / 459.32 ft x 52.49 ft x 19.69 ft (normal load)
141.32 m / 140.00 m x 16.00 m x 6.00 m

Armament:
4 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns in single mounts, 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1935 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (4x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1935 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 153 lbs / 70 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 550

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 1 shaft, 6,043 shp / 4,508 Kw = 16.00 kts
Range 25,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,764 tons

Complement:
427 - 556

Cost:
£1.144 million / $4.577 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 19 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 172 tons, 2.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,035 tons, 25.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,863 tons, 35.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 3,050 tons, 37.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
16,421 lbs / 7,449 Kg = 538.2 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 2.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 2.3 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 14.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 51 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.83

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.600
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.75 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 31 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 28
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 16.88 ft / 5.15 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 51.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 122.4 %
Waterplane Area: 17,251 Square feet or 1,603 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 229 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 73 lbs/sq ft or 355 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.35
- Overall: 1.02
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Vessels in Class:
- Montebello (1941)
- Condorcet (1941)
- Bazaine (1943)
- Gallieni (1944)

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 550 tons for vehicles (including tanks, trucks, armoured cars, etc)
- 300 tons for four large cranes (75t each)
- 50 tons for disembarkment ramp
- 220 tons for 4x EDA-55 vehicle landing craft
- 52 tons for 4x EA-13 landing craft
- 1,200 tons for six hundred troops
- 100 tons for vehicle fuel, ammo, etc
- 100 tons for vehicle repair shop
- 50 tons for shipboard electronics, communications, command, and control gear
- 428 tons for cargo

Notes:
- 2439 tons of deep-stowed cargo/ballast simmed as bunker fuel. Actual range is 12,000nm at 15.00 kts (bunker at max displacement = 2,325 tons)
- Bazaine and Gallieni are similar to the other ships, but has a specialized command space and a helicopter pad.

CDIC-200, French Landing Craft laid down 1941
CDIC - Chalands de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars

Displacement:
185 t light; 191 t standard; 200 t normal; 207 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
81.79 ft / 80.05 ft x 23.95 ft x 5.25 ft (normal load)
24.93 m / 24.40 m x 7.30 m x 1.60 m

Armament:
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1941 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
2 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1941 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 1 lbs / 0 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 2,500

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 106 shp / 79 Kw = 9.00 kts
Range 2,200nm at 9.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 16 tons

Complement:
26 - 34

Cost:
£0.043 million / $0.173 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 3 tons, 1.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 102 tons, 51.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 15 tons, 7.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 80 tons, 40.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
520 lbs / 236 Kg = 2,129.3 x 0.8 " / 20 mm shells or 0.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 11.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.52

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.696
Length to Beam Ratio: 3.34 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 11.07 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 58 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 8.20 ft / 2.50 m (6.56 ft / 2.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
- Stern: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
- Average freeboard: 7.14 ft / 2.18 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 50.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 76.8 %
Waterplane Area: 1,598 Square feet or 148 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 231 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 48 lbs/sq ft or 234 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.69
- Longitudinal: 10.40
- Overall: 2.03
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Ships in Class:
- C1 (built 1941)
- C2 (built 1941)
- C3 (built 1942) - attached to Châteaurenault
- C4 (built 1942) - attached to Châteaurenault
- C5 (built 1942)
- C6 (built 1942)
- C7 (built 1943)
- C8 (built 1943)
- C9 (built 1943) - attached to Destrées
- C10 (built 1943) - attached to Destrées

Fantassin class, French Infantry Landing Craft (EDA-L) laid down 1942

Displacement:
211 t light; 224 t standard; 282 t normal; 328 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
170.46 ft / 164.04 ft x 22.97 ft x 4.92 ft (normal load)
51.96 m / 50.00 m x 7.00 m x 1.50 m

Armament:
2 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline forward
2 - 0.91" / 23.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 0.37lbs / 0.17kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mount
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
2 - 0.91" / 23.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.37lbs / 0.17kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 5 lbs / 2 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 2,000

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: 0.59" / 15 mm 22.97 ft / 7.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
141.08 ft / 43.00 m Unarmoured ends

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
2nd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 0.79" / 20 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 885 shp / 661 Kw = 16.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 103 tons

Complement:
33 - 44

Cost:
£0.071 million / $0.285 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 tons, 0.2 %
Armour: 7 tons, 2.5 %
- Belts: 5 tons, 1.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 1 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 1 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 23 tons, 8.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 115 tons, 40.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 71 tons, 25.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 65 tons, 23.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
849 lbs / 385 Kg = 434.8 x 1.6 " / 40 mm shells or 0.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 11.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.54

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.532
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.14 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 14.97 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.46 ft / 0.75 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 13.94 ft / 4.25 m (8.20 ft / 2.50 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
- Stern: 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
- Average freeboard: 9.11 ft / 2.78 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 57.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 127.4 %
Waterplane Area: 2,690 Square feet or 250 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 228 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 27 lbs/sq ft or 131 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.88
- Longitudinal: 3.04
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 2 tons for DRBN-1 navigational surface and air search radar
- 63 tons for landing gear and cargo
65 tons total

Troop Capacity:
Between 180 and 200 infantry can be carried.

Ships in Class:
- Fantassin (laid down 1942)
- Tirailleur (laid down 1942)
- Voltigeur (laid down 1943)
- Mameluck (laid down 1943)
- Spahi (laid down 1944)
- Chasseur (laid down 1944)
- Cavalier (laid down 1946)
- Janissaire (laid down 1946)