Entering Portsmouth harbour. 9-07-2008

RFA Largs Bay L3006

Career
Ordered: 19 December 2000 Laid down: 1 October 2001 Launched: 18 July 2003 Commissioned: 17 December 2006
General characteristics
Displacement: 16,190 tons full load Length: 176.6 m Beam: 26.4 m Draught: 5.1 m Propulsion: 2 x Wartsila 8L26 engines, 2 x Wartsila 12V26 engines.
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h) Range: 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h).
Complement: 59 Military Lift: 356 troops; 1200 Linear metres of vehicles (e.g. 32 Challenger 2 MBT's or 150 light trucks); 12 × 40 TEU or 24 × 24 TEU containers, 2 Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP) Mk.5 and 1 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk 10; two Mexeflote powered rafts.
Armament: None, but fitted to receive military weapons and self defence systems, including Phalanx CIWS.
Aircraft: Single spot flight deck with limited facilities to transport and operate Merlin, Chinook and V22 Osprey.