L-12 Ocean

Country:  United Kingdom

Builder: VSEL, Govan, U.K.

Launch date: 11 October 1995.

Commission date: 30 September 1998.

Decommission date: 27 March 2018.

Displacement ( tons ): 21.500 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 203,4 x 35 x 6,5

Main machinery: 2 x Crossley Pielstick PC2 Mk-6 MW 12 cylinder diesels ( 6.750 KW ), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Range ( miles ): 8.000.

Complement: 285 + 180 (FAA/RAF) + 830 Royal Marines.

Guns: 4 x DS30M Mk2 30mm, 3 x Phalanx CIWS 20mm, 12 x 7,62mm.

Military lift: 4 x LCVP Mk5B; 40 x smaller vehicles.

Radar: Surface/Air search: 1 x BAE Systems Type 997, 2 x BAE Systems Type 1007; Navigation: 2 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1008; Fire Control: 3 x Mk 90 ( CIWS ).

Countermeasures: Decoys: 8 x Sea Gnat launchers; ECM/ESM: Racal UAT.

Helicopter: up to 18, depending on mission.

Callsign: GCOU ()

Comment: Sold to Brazil, renamed A-140 Atlántico.