The ugly blunt bow is on all the Mistral class - not sure why, must ask naval architect sister....
Mistral-class amphibious assault ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As well as a flight deck, they have a landing craft well deck - effectively do a combination of the job that the RN does with Ocean and Albion/Bulwark or the US with their much larger LHDs as well as having the capability to have the casualty receiving/hospital role of Argus. Quite useful ships.