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Thursday 19 January 2012

British RFA auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD) Lyme Bay (L3007) 2001-




Naval Annual Days at Den Helder, Netherlands 11 July 2008

Dutch platform landing dock Zr.Ms. Rotterdam
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 1 April 2017

IMO no. 9240769. Her building at the yard of Swan Hunter, Wallsend was ordered on 19 December 2000, laid down on 1 October 2001, launched on 26 August 2005, in 2006 completed by /BAE Systems, Glovan, Glasgow and commissioned on 8 August 2007. Can carry 356 troops and 1,200 linear meters of vehicles. Apparently was for her design the Dutch Hr.Ms. Rotterdam used. With as displacement of 16,190 tonnes/15,934 long tons (full load) and dimensions 176,6 x 26,4 x 5,1 metres. Speed 18 knots and with a speed of 15 knots a range of 8,000 nautical miles.