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Monday, November 13, 2006

Royal Navy Unveils New Amphibious Landing Ship

RFA Largs BayThe Royal Navy unveiled her latest amphibious landing ship, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Largs Bay, which is undergoing sea trails off the south coast prior to entering service later this year.

This state-of-the-art 16,000 tonne landing ship is more than twice the size of her predecessors. At 177 meters long, she can carry two Chinook helicopters as deck cargo whilst operating a third from her flight deck.

Specially designed to deliver vehicles, troops and equipment ashore - even when there are no harbours available - she can travel up to 8,000 miles at 15 knots and can accelerate to speeds around 17 Knots. Her vast storage decks, almost the size of a football pitch, are able to carry 32 Challenger II Main Battle Tanks as well as over 350 fully armed troops, landing craft and supporting stores.

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