473 Kalaat Beni Rached

Country:  Algeria

Class, [Type]: [LST].

Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, U.K.

Launch date: 15 May 1984.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.450 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 93 x 15,5 x 2,5

Main machinery: 2 x MTU 16V 1163 TB82 diesels ( 8.880 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15.

Range ( miles ): 3.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 81.

Guns: 2 x Breda 40mm/70 ( 2 twin ), 4 x 25mm/60 ( 2 twin ) of soviet origin. 2 x 25mm either side of the bridge.

Military lift: 240 troops; 7 x MBT and 380tm of diverse cargo.

Radar: Navigation: Racal Decca TM 1226, I band.

Countermeasures: Decoys: Wallop Barricade chaff launchers.

Comment: Has an helicopter landing platform, but carries none.

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