RFA Mounts Bay (L3008)
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| Ordered: | 19 November 2001 |
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| Launched: | 9 April 2004 |
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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 Mounts Bay (L3008) is an amphibious assault vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
It was launched at BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow on April 9 2004. It sustained minor damage from a collision during the launch, which could be why the shipyard felt they had to be extremely careful with the launch of her sister ship RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) the following year.
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| Bay-class landing ship dock (auxiliary) |
| Largs Bay | Lyme Bay | Mounts Bay | Cardigan Bay |
| List of amphibious assault ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary |