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A-385 Fort Rosalie

A-385 Fort Rosalie

Country: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Class, [Type]: Fort Grange, [AE].

Builder: Scott-Lithgow, Greenock, U.K.

Launch date: 09 December 1976.

Commission date: 06 April 1979.

Displacement ( tons ): 23.384 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 183,9 x 24,1 x 8,6

Main machinery: 1 x Sulzer RND90 diesel ( 23.200 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 22.

Range ( miles ): 10.000 at 20 knots.

Complement: 114 ( 31 officers ) plus 36 civilians, and 45 more for the embarked air unit.

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm, 4 x 7,62mm.

Military lift: 3.500 tons of weapons, material and spares, in four holds of 12.800m3.

Radar: Navigation: Kelvin Hughes 1006, I band.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Plesey Shield or Corvus chaff launchers.

Helicopter: Can operate 4 Westland Sea King helicopters.

Callsign: GSEU (GolfSierraEchoUniform)

Comment: Former Fort Grange.

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