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| Albion Class (2003) LPD Specification | ||
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Crew : |
325. | To Albion Class (2003) LPD Ships : |
| Displacement : | 18,500 tonnes, (21,500 tonnes docked down) | |
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Dimensions : |
176m x 25.6m x 7.1m | |
| Range : | 7,000 nm at 18 knots | |
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Sensors : |
2 x Kelvin Hughes 1007 Radars Type 966 Surveillance Radar |
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| Armament : | 2 x
Goalkeeper (CIWS), Seagnat Decoy System UAT Electronic Warfare System, 2 x 20mm close range guns 4 x Machine Gun positions |
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| Military Lift : | Embarked
Military Personnel (EMF) 305 troops, with an overload of a further
405. Vehicle deck capacity for up to six tanks or around 30 armoured all-terrain tracked carriers. Floodable well dock, with the capacity to take either four utility landing craft (LCU) (each capable of carrying a Challenger 2 tank) or shelter a hovercraft landing craft. Four smaller landing craft on davits, each capable of carrying 35 troops. Two-spot 64m flight deck able to take medium support helicopters and stow a third. Deck is capable of taking a Chinook. The Albion design does not have a hangar but does have equipment needed to support aircraft operations. |
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| Power plant : | 2 x
6.25MW & 2 x 1.56MW diesel generators driving two AC motors through
twin shafts and a bowthrust unit, all operating at 6.6KV. RNs first integrated Full Electric propulsion ships |
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Max Speed : |
20 kts. | |
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This page last edited -
02 April, 2013.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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