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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

British landing ship HMAV Arakan (L4003) 1976-2015


Schelde, Netherlands towed by the Dutch tug Bever underway towards Ghent, Belgium to be broken up on 23 March 2015

IMO 7426772. Of the British Army, operated by Royal Corps of Transport. Laid down by Brooke Marine Yachts, Lowestoft, United Kingdom with yard number 417 on 27 August 1975, launched on 29 July 1976, completed in 1997. Part of Ardennes-class. Sold for service in Nigeria in 1997, however laid up at Lowestoft, England, stricken in March 1999 and broken up at Ghent, Belgium in 2015.

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