RFA Largs Bay (L3006)
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| Ordered: | 18 December 2000 |
| Laid down: | 1 October 2001 |
| Launched: | 26 July 2003 |
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| Decommissioned: | |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16 190 tonnes |
| Length: | 176.6m |
| Beam: | 26.4m |
| Draught: | 5.1m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Wartsila 8L26 engines,
2 x Wartsila 12V26 engines. |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Range: | 8000 nautical miles at 15 knots. |
| Complement: | 59 |
| Military Lift: | 356 troops; 1200 Linear metres of vehicles (e.g. 24 Challenger 2 MBT's or 150 light trucks); 12 x 40 TEU or 24 x 24 TEU containers, 2 Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP) Mk.5 and 1 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk10; two Mexeflote powered rafts. |
| Armament: | None, but fitted to receive military weapons and self defence systems, including Phalanx CIWS. |
| Aircraft: | Twin spot flight deck with limited facilities to transport and operate Merlin, Chinook and V22 Osprey. |
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RFA Largs Bay (L3006) is an amphibious assault vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
| Bay-class landing ship dock (auxiliary) |
| Largs Bay | Lyme Bay | Mounts Bay | Cardigan Bay |
| List of amphibious assault ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary |