RFA LARGS BAY L3006 underway off Grand Cayman,BWI on 5th June 2009. Photographed by my sister Katherine.
Builder: Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
Commissioned: 17 December 2006
General characteristics:
Class and type: Bay class landing ship dock
Displacement: 16,160 t (15,905 long tons) full load
Length: 176.6 m (579 ft 5 in)
Beam: 26.4 m (86 ft 7 in)
Draught: 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: 2 × Wartsila 8L26 engines
2 × Wartsila 12V26 engines
Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity: 356 troops; 1,200 Linear metres of vehicles (e.g. 32 Challenger 2 MBT's or 150 light trucks); 12 × 40 FEU or 24 × 20 TEU containers, 2 Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP) Mk.5 and 1 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk 10; two Mexeflote powered rafts
Complement: 59
Armament: • 2 × 7.62mm Mk.44 Miniguns
• 6 × 7.62mm L7 GPMGs
Fitted to receive :
• Phalanx CIWS
• 30 mm DS30B cannon [1]
Aircraft carried: Twin spot flight deck with limited facilities to transport and operate Merlin or Chinook helicopters, and V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
Flag: U.K./ Navy
Call Sign:
© Capnken 2009