Specifications Albion class
| Main
builder |
BAE
Systems |
| Length |
176
meters |
| Beam |
28.9
meters |
| Draught |
7.1
meters |
| Displacement |
18.500
tons |
| Propulsion |
Diesel-elektris |
| Thrust |
2 x
6.25MW & 2 x 1.56MW |
| Maximum
speed |
|
| Cruise
speed |
17 knots |
| Range |
7000
nautical miles |
| Crew |
325 |
| Armament |
2 x
Goalkeeper close in weapon system (CIWS), Seagnat Decoy System UAT
Electronic Warfare System, 2 x 20mm close range guns 4 x Machine Gun
positions |
| Payload |
305
troops with overload of a further 405, 6 tanks or 30 armoured tracked
carriers, 4 utility landing craft (of which each can transport a Challenger-2
tank ) or a hovercraft, 4 smaller landing craft which can transport
each 35 troops |
| Aircraft
/ Helicopters |
Chinooks,
Sea
Kings, Merlins |
| Squadrons
aboard |
4 Assault
Squadron |
| Systems |
2 x
Kelvin Hughes 1007 radars type 966 surveillancestype |
| Datum
operational |
|
| Ships
of this class |
2 |
| User |
Britis
Navy |
|