RFA Cardigan Bay
Bay-class dock landing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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RFA Cardigan Bay is a Bay-class landing ship dock of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Built by BAE Systems, the ship was dedicated into the RFA at the end of 2006.
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RFA Cardigan Bay in the Middle East, August 2012 | |
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Name | RFA Cardigan Bay |
Ordered | 19 November 2001 |
Builder | BAE Systems, Govan, Glasgow |
Laid down | 13 October 2003 |
Launched | 8–9 April 2005 |
In service | 18 December 2006 |
Homeport | Falmouth;[1] forward deployed to HMS Jufair, Bahrain |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bay-class landing ship dock |
Displacement | 16,160 t (15,905 long tons) full load |
Length | 579.4 ft (176.6 m) |
Beam | 86.6 ft (26.4 m) |
Draught | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 LCU or 2 LCVP in well deck; Mexeflote powered rafts |
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Troops | 356 standard, 700 overload |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Not routinely carried but a temporary hangar can be fitted. |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck can operate helicopters up to Chinook size |
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