French ship Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier alongside at Noumea in November 2002
History
France
Name	Jacques Cartier
Namesake	Jacques Cartier
Launched	28 April 1982
Decommissioned	July 2013
Fate	Scrapped October 2016
General characteristics
Class and type	BATRAL
Displacement	770 tons, 1,330 tons fully loaded
Length	80 m (260 ft)
Beam	13 m (43 ft)
Draught	3 m (9.8 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesel SACM Wärtsilä UD 33 V12 M4, 3600 hp (2650 kW), 2 4-bladed propellers
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Endurance	15 days without passengers 10 days with passengers
Boats & landing craft carried	2 LCVP 2 whaleboats one 10-seat and one 6-seat Zodiac
Capacity	2 × 138-man rooms 12 vehicles
Complement	3 officers 15 petty officers 26 quarter-masters
Sensors and processing systems	1 DECCA 1226 navigation radar Inmarsat system
Armament	2 × 40 mm anti-air guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × 81mm mortars
Aviation facilities	landing point for a 6-tonne helicopter

Jacques Cartier (L9033) is one of five BATRAL ("Light ferry ship") vessels operated by the French Navy.

The BATRAL vessels are able to ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or from a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading 50 men and light vehicles each. The accommodations are designed for a Guépard-type intervention unit (5 officers, 15 petty officers and 118 men), or for typical company-sized armoured units. A helicopter landing deck allows landing for light helicopters, and transfer from and to heavy helicopters.

Jacques Cartier was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 28 November 1999 to 12 January 2000.^[1]

She was decommissioned in July 2013 after returning from her final deployment overseas.

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