Albion
Photographed 22 April 2010 at Portsmouth
She had arrived the previous day from Santander , Spain having collected 450 service personnel who were stranded due to the volcanic ash cloud grounding flights. The soldiers, RAF personnel, medics and support staff who have been deployed in Afghanistan for six months.
HMS Albion has also rescued about 280 British nationals also stranded by the ash
The ninth and current HMS Albion (2001-present) is a First-of-Class Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ship of the Royal Navy built in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. Albion is one of the newest ships of the Navy and provides an amphibious assault capability. She is the nameship of the Albion class landing platform dock, which also includes HMS Bulwark. The ship also carries a permanently-embarked Royal Marines landing craft unit, 6 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines.
She was launched on 9 March 2001 and was commissioned on 19 June 2003 by her sponsor The Princess Royal.
Class and type: Albion class landing platform dock
Displacement: 18,500 tonnes , 21,500 tonnes whilst 'docked down'
Length: 176 m
Beam: 28.9 m
Draught: 7.1 m
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 7,000 nautical miles
Complement: 325
Armament:
2 × Goalkeeper CIWS
2 × 20 mm close range guns
4 × Machine gun positions
Seagnat Decoy System
The vehicle cargo capacity (twice that of the Fearless) is 6 Challenger-2 main battle tanks or 16 2-ton trucks, 36 smaller vehicles, and 30 tons of stores. There are 550 linear meters of vehicle parking space, with MacGregor hoistable internal vehicle ramps from the lower vehicle deck to the upper deck aft and between the lower and mezzanine decks forward and amidships.
The hullform is adapted from that of modern commercial vehicle/passenger ferries and incorporates a bow bulb; its structure exceeds naval strength standards. A computerized ballasting system preserves trim while loading and unloading.
The flight deck has two landing spot capable of handling medium support helicopters and stowing a third on the deck. The flight deck is capable of taking a Chinook helicopter. The vessels do not have a hanger but have equipment needed to support flying operations.
Albion
Photographed 22 April 2010 at Portsmouth
She had arrived the previous day from Santander , Spain having collected 450 service personnel who were stranded due to the volcanic ash cloud grounding flights. The soldiers, RAF personnel, medics and support staff who have been deployed in Afghanistan for six months.
HMS Albion has also rescued about 280 British nationals also stranded by the ash
The ninth and current HMS Albion (2001-present) is a First-of-Class Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ship of the Royal Navy built in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. Albion is one of the newest ships of the Navy and provides an amphibious assault capability. She is the nameship of the Albion class landing platform dock, which also includes HMS Bulwark. The ship also carries a permanently-embarked Royal Marines landing craft unit, 6 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines.
She was launched on 9 March 2001 and was commissioned on 19 June 2003 by her sponsor The Princess Royal.
Class and type: Albion class landing platform dock
Displacement: 18,500 tonnes , 21,500 tonnes whilst 'docked down'
Length: 176 m
Beam: 28.9 m
Draught: 7.1 m
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 7,000 nautical miles
Complement: 325
Armament:
2 × Goalkeeper CIWS
2 × 20 mm close range guns
4 × Machine gun positions
Seagnat Decoy System
The vehicle cargo capacity (twice that of the Fearless) is 6 Challenger-2 main battle tanks or 16 2-ton trucks, 36 smaller vehicles, and 30 tons of stores. There are 550 linear meters of vehicle parking space, with MacGregor hoistable internal vehicle ramps from the lower vehicle deck to the upper deck aft and between the lower and mezzanine decks forward and amidships.
The hullform is adapted from that of modern commercial vehicle/passenger ferries and incorporates a bow bulb; its structure exceeds naval strength standards. A computerized ballasting system preserves trim while loading and unloading.
The flight deck has two landing spot capable of handling medium support helicopters and stowing a third on the deck. The flight deck is capable of taking a Chinook helicopter. The vessels do not have a hanger but have equipment needed to support flying operations.