Juan Carlos I Strategic Projection Vessel
BPE Buque de Proyección Estratégica
Mission profiles
Mission Profile
- Depending on the mission assigned, the ship will be configured accordingly.
- The main configurations are:
- Amphibious operations.
- Combined deployment with the Army.
- Fleet projection (alternative aircraft-carrier)
- Humanitarian aid operations.
Capabilities
In order to carry out the mission entrusted, the ship has certain capabilities allowing for flexibility in her configuration.
The ship has an aft RO-RO ramp and two lateral ramps. The aft ramp and those of the heavy cargo deck are capable of embarking Leopard type tanks.
The main capabilities of the ship are:
- Air capability.
- Vehicle transport capability.
- Amphibious capability.
- Troop transport capability.
- Humanitarian Aid capability.
Amphibious capability

Amphibious capability
For amphibious operations the ships has a flooding deck with capacity for:
- 4 LCM-1E/LCM-8 + 4/6 SUPERCAT type RIBs.
- 1 LCAC
- LVT’s
Dock features:
- Length: 69.3 m.
- Width: 16.8 m.
- Door: 16.8 x 11.5 m.

Light cargo hangar

Heavy cargo hangar
Troop transport capability

The ship has space for the following personnel:
Officers | Petty-Officers | Ratings | Total | |
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Additional troops may embark setting up billet containers in the hangar. |
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Crew | 24 | 49 | 170 | 243 |
Staff | 45 | 32 | 26 | 103 |
Landing Force | 46 | 64 | 792 | 902 |
Beach Naval Group | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 |
Embarked Air Crews | 41 | 60 | 71 | 172 |
Humanitarian aid capability
Transport capability
- Containers.
- Materiel (pallets).
- CIMIC module.
- Medical vehicles.
- Space for evacuated civilians.
- Capacity for 144 containers.

Light cargo hangar
- 2 Operating theatres.
- 1 Dentist’s room.
- 1 Sick bay.
- 1 Consulting room.
- 1 First aid room.
- 1 ICU.
- 1 Infectious unit.
- 1 Injury selection area.
- 1 X-ray room.
- 1 Lab.
- 1 Chemist’s.

Heavy cargo hangar
Access to the hospital:
The ship has an elevator for sick personnel connecting the dock, the flight deck and cargo decks with the hospital in a fast and efficient way.

Access to the hospital