FS Tonnerre

FS Tonnerre and HMS Ark Royal.
Below FS Tonnerre and Royal Navy Rescue helicopter.
Below landing craft from FS Tonnerre,in the background is HMS Ark Royal.
FS Tonnerre on the Clyde before she left to take part in a NATO exercise.

FS TONNERRE

Landing Craft


FS Tonnerre visited the Clyde on the Oct 2008,as part of the NATO Joint Warrior Exercise.

Tonnerre the French Navy's new 21,300t amphibious assault, command and power projection ship. The ship has been built by DCN in partnership with Thales and Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The ship has the payload capacity and versatility to carry up to 16 heavy helicopters and one-third of a mechanised regiment, plus two LCAC hovercraft or up to four landing craft.

Tonnerre (L9014)

Tonnerre (L9014; lit. Thunder) is an amphibious assault helicopter carrier of the Marine Nationale. She is the eighth vessel to bear the name and the second ship in the Mistral-class amphibious assault ship series.

Click HERE for pictures of a previous visit.

FS Tonnerre landing craft 29

Landing craft from FS Tonnerre taking French sailors ashore at Greenock.