L-3006 Largs Bay

Country:  United Kingdom

Class, [Type]: Largs Bay, [LSD].

Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.

Launch date: 18 July 2003.

Commission date: 28 November 2006.

Decommission date: see comments.

Displacement ( tons ): 16.160 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 176 x 26,4 x 5,8

Main machinery: 2 x Wärtsilä 12V26 and 2 x Wärtsilä 8L26 diesels.

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 60 + 356 troops.

Military lift: 36 x Challenger MBT or 150 x light trucks + 200tm ammunition. Also 12 x 40 TEU or 24 x 24 TEU containers.

Helicopter: can operate one heavy helicopter ( Chinook ), one spot, no hangar.

Callsign: GCIA ()

Comment: First unit of four. Ordered to replace Sir Geraint L-3027. Commissioned in December 2004. Based on the Galicia/Rotterdam design. Operates 2 x LCVP Mk.5 and 1 x LCU Mk 10, 2 x Mexeflote can be hung on the ship´s sides. Decomissioned in April 2011, sold to Australia.