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Military


L14 Albion LPD(R)


Characteristic Albion Fearless
Length Overall (m)176158.5
Length between Perpendiculars (m)162151.4
Maximum beam (m)28.924.4
Waterline Breadth (m)25.623.6
Hull Depth Amidships (m)19.6515.5
Displacement (tonnes) 18,500 12,200
Draft (m)6.16.2
Total Accommodation
(Crew and embarked troops)		650720

Specifications

Displacement18,500 tonnes Deep
21,500 tonnes [approx] Docked down
Length Overall 176 metres
Beam25.6 Metres Waterline, 28.9 metres maximum
Draft6.1 metres
Speed18 Knots
Complement325
Military Lift305 troops, with an overload of a further 405
  • Vehicle deck capacity for up to six Challenger 2 tanks or around 30 armoured all-terrain tracked carriers
  • Floodable well dock, with the capacity to take either four utility landing craft (each capable of carrying a Challenger 2 tank) or shelter a US hovercraft landing craft
  • Four smaller landing craft on davits, each capable of carrying 35 troops.
    • Aircraft
  • Two-spot flight deck able to take medium support helicopters and stow a third.
  • The Albion design does not have a hangar but does have equipment needed to support aircraft operations such as Flight Service Control
  • Deck is capable of taking Chinook.
    • Propulsion
  • Integrated Electric, driving two shafts
  • Motors two 6 megaWatt, Synchro-converter Drives
  • Two Wartsilla 6.25MegaWatt Generators
  • 108KW Bow Thruster
    • Self defence
  • Two Kelvin Hughes 1007 radars
  • Type 996 surveillance radar
  • Two Goalkeeper Close In Weapon Systems
  • Seagnat Decoy system
  • UAT Electronic Warfare system
  • Two 20mm guns
  • Four machine gun positions






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