Sydney Harbour, off Taylors Bay. 20 December 2014
Vessel at 33°51'04.66" S 151°15'20.78" E

Class : Bay Class ... Type : Landing Ship, Dock (LSD)
Pennant L100 ... Home Port Fleet Base East
Builder Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend-on-Tyne
Laid Down 28 January 2002 ... Launched 18 July 2005, Commissioned 13 December 2011
Displacement 16,190 tonnes, Length 176 metres, Beam 26.4 metres, Draught 5.8 metres
Speed 18 knots, Range 15,000 kilometres at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement Crew 158 officers and sailors
Capacity : 356 troops (standard) up to 700 troops (overload), 32 Abrams tanks, 150 light trucks, Two LCVP LCM-8, Two mexeflotes
Propulsion Machinery : Diesel-Electric propulsion systems with 2 azimuthing thrusters and bow thruster.
4 main diesel generating sets: 2 × Wärtsilä 8L26 engines (2,240 kW each), 2 × Wärtsilä 12V26 engines (3,360 kW each).
1 auxiliary Wärtsilä standby diesel generating set.
Dynamic positioning system.
Helicopters x 2

NOTE Mexeflote (See starboard flank) a powered raft (two diesel engines), used to move goods and vehicles between ship and shore when a pier is not available