Thursday, September 09, 2010

Bay

IOC: 2006
Total Production: 4

Also Known As
ALSL

Origin
United Kingdom

Contractor/s
BAE Systems

Aircraft, Vehicles & Crafts:
CH-47D Chinook (2)
Challenger 2 (32)
LCU

Description: The Bay-class ships are the result of the British ALSL project. Originally, the Royal Navy intended to procure up to four Bay-class ships with the lead ship, RFA Mount Bay, scheduled to be commissioned in late 2006. In November 2001, BAE Systems was awarded a contract for two vessels. The Bay-class ships were built using commercial standards and will act as landing platform dock (LPD) ships.

Bay-class ships have been designed for amphibious assault operations transporting up to 356 (maximum 500) troops and equipment. Deployment of troops and equipment will be done through landing craft vehicles and helicopters operating from the ship's stern dock and flight deck. In addition, these ships will be provided with BOWMAN communications equipment.

Mounts Bay landing ship dock was accepted into Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) on December 15, 2005. The lead ship of the Bay-class was built by BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow. RFA Mounts Bay was launched on April 8, 2004. In August 2006, the UK MoD announced that the RFA Mounts Bay had completed successfully the amphibious capability demonstration trials paving the way for the ship's in-service date declaration. RFA's Largs Bay and Cardigan Bay are scheduled to be declared operational in early 2007.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 60, Passengers 500

Dimensions: Beam 32.2 m, Draft 5.8 m, Length 176 m

Weights: Full Displacement 16,160 t

Performance: Top Speed 9 mps (18 kt)

News
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Operators

United Kingdom / 4

Ships

L3006 RFA Largs Bay

Commissioning: 2007

L3007 RFA Lyme Bay

Commissioning: Thursday, August 02, 2007

L3008 RFA Mounts Bay

Commissioning: 2006

L3009 RFA Cardigan Bay

Commissioning: 2007

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Sunday, August 01, 2010

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