L-14 Albion

Country:  United Kingdom

Class, [Type]: Albion, [LPD].

Builder: BAE Systems, Barrow, U.K.

Launch date: 09 March 2001.

Commission date: 19 June 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 19.560 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 176 x 29,9 x 6,7

Main machinery: diesel-electric: 2 x Wärtsilä Vasa 16V 32LNE diesel generators ( 17.000 hp ), 2 x Wärtsilä Vasa 4R 32LNE diesel generators ( 4.216 hp ), 2 motors.

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 325 + 305 troops.

Guns: 2 x Goalkeeper CIWS 30mm, 2 x Oerlikon GCM-A03-2 30mm/90 ( twin ).

Military lift: 4 x LCU Mk 10, 4 x LCVP Mk 5; 6 x MBT´s or 16 x 2-ton trucks, 36 smaller vehicles, and 30 tons of stores ( 550 linear meters of parking space for vehicles ).

Radar: Surface/Air search: 1 x BAE Systems Type 996(2); Navigation: 2 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1008; Fire Control: 2 x Thales Goalkeeper.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 8 x Sea Gnat launchers. Towed torpedo decoy system; ECM/ESM: Racal Thorn UAT 1/4.

Helicopter: 3 x Merlin HC.3.

Callsign: GDIU ()

Homeport: Devonport.

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