L-12 Ocean Class
Specifications | |
| Ship name | HMS Ocean (LPH01) |
| type | Landing Platform Helicopter (amphibious helicopter carrier) |
| manufacturer | Vickers Shipbuilding and engineering Ltd. (today BAE of system navy) Kvaerner Govan Ltd.. |
| Setting into service | 1998 |
| length | 203.4 m / 661 feet |
| beam | 34 m / 110 feet |
| height over everything | 17.0 m / 55 feet |
| draft | 6.6 m water 21 feet |
| displacement | 21,578 t |
| drive | 2 x Crossley Pielstick 16 PC.2 V200 Diesel turbines with |
| achievement | 23,904 HP |
| maximum speed (official) | 18 kn (approx. 33 km/h) |
| economic maximum speed | 15 kn (approx. 28 km/h) |
| operating range | maximally 8,000 sm with 15 kn |
| air defense armament | 3 x Raytheon/General Dynamics Mk.15 20 mm of Phalanx (CIWS) 2 x Oerlikon Contraves/BAE of SYSTEM GAM-B01 20 mm of automatic cannons |
| defensive armament | 8 x sixfold decoy launcher Outfit DLJ(2) NATO Sea Gnat |
| flight deck | 170 m x 32.6 m |
| hangar deck | 113.3 m x 21m x 6.2 m |
| elevators | 2 |
| airplanes | 12 x Sea King HC4 or 12 Merlin EH.101 transport helicopter and 6 x Lynx AH7/ Gazelle/ WAH-64D Apache or no helicopters and instead 15 x Sea Harrier FA.Mk 2 |
| loading | 40 country Rover + 34 trailers 6 x 105 mm LG howitzers |
| number of landing boats on board | 4 x LCVP Mk.5 Landing Craft 2 x Griffon Hovercrafts |
| crew | 283 sailors 180 men for the airplanes and up to 830 marine |
| ships of the class | 1 |
| construction cost | £201 million |
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