Albion-class Landing Platform Dock

The Albion-class landing platform dock (LPD) is the newest type of amphibious warfare ship in service with the Royal Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command. The class consists of four vessels, HMS Albion (L14), HMS Bulwark (L15), HMS Royal Oak (L16), and HMS Centaur (L17), HMCS Bluenose (LPD-01), and HMCS Challenge (LPD-02). Each of the ships has a crew of 325 and can accommodate up to 405 troops. Thirty-one large trucks and thirty-six smaller vehicles and main battle tanks can be carried inside the vehicle deck. To disembark troops and vehicles, the vessels are equipped with eight landing craft.

Specifications

 * Type: Landing Platform Dock
 * Service Period: 2002-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 577 feet (175.87 meters)
 * Beam: 95 feet (28.96 meters)
 * Draft: 23 feet (7.01 meters)
 * Displacement: 19,560 tonnes (19,250 long tons; 21,560 short tons)
 * Capacity: 405 troops (with an overload capacity of 710), 67 vehilcles, 4 LCU Mk.X, 4 LCVP Mk.V
 * Crew: 325
 * Propulsion: 2 x Wärtsilä Vasa 16V 32E diesel generators, 2 x Wärtsilä Vasa 4R 32E diesel generators, 2 x electric motors, 1 x bow thruster
 * Range: 8,000 miles (12,875 kilometers)
 * Speed: 18 knots (33.34 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite
 * British Albion-class
 * Type 996 E/F-Band Radar
 * Type 1007/1008 I-Band Radar
 * Artisan 3D E/F-Band Radar (from 2011 onwards)
 * Canadian Albion-class
 * AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
 * AN/SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
 * AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SPS-48E Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
 * Armament
 * 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
 * 2 x 30mm guns
 * 2 x General Purpose Machine Guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopters

Royal Navy

 * HMS Albion (L14)
 * HMS Bulwark (L15)
 * HMS Royal Oak (L16)
 * HMS Centaur (L17)

Canadian Forces Maritime Command

 * HMCS Bluenose (LPD-01)
 * HMCS Challenge (LPD-02)