Royal Navy: Albion Class

Albion Class Statistics
Displacement:	18,500 tonnes	Docked down:	21,500 tonnes (approx)
Length:	176m	Beam:	25.6 m waterline, 28.9 metres max
Draught:	7.1 metres	Speed:	18 knots, range of 7000 nm.
Complement:	325
Sensors:	2 x Kelvin Hughes 1007 Radars Type 966 Surveillance Radar
Armament:	2 x Goalkeeper Close In Weapon System (CIWS), Seagnat Decoy System UAT Electronic Warfare System, 2 x 20mm close range guns 4 x Machine Gun positions
Propulsion	2 x 6.25MW & 2 x 1.56MW diesel generators driving two AC motors through twin shafts and a bowthrust unit, all operating at 6.6KV. RNs first integrated Full Electric propulsion ships.
Military Lift:	Embarked Military Personnel (EMF) 305 troops, with an overload of a further 405. Vehicle deck capacity for up to six 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 hovercraft landing craft. Four smaller landing craft on davits, each capable of carrying 35 troops. Two-spot 64m flight deck able to take medium support helicopters and stow a third. Deck is capable of taking a Chinook. The Albion design does not have a hangar but does have equipment needed to support aircraft operations.

				Sun 5 Feb 2006