British Albion class amphibious warfare ship at sea
Albion class Amphibious Assault ship or Landing Platform Dock( LPD) ships Both Bulwark and her sister ship Albion replaced the Falkland veteran LPDs Intrepid and Fearless Displacement 18500 tonnes Docked down 21500 tonnes approx Length 176m Beam m waterline metres max Draught metres Speed 18 knots range of 7000 nm Complement 325 Sensors 2 x Kelvin Hughes 1007 Radars Type 966 Surveillance Radar Armament 2 x Goalkeeper Close In Weapon System CIWS Seagnat Decoy System UAT Electronic Warfare System 2 x 20mm close range guns 4 x Machine Gun positions Propulsion 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 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 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
Size: 6626px × 4417px
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License: Licensed
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