Albion-klassen LPD Storbritannien

Deplacement: 18.500/21.500 tons
Dimensioner: 176 x 28,9 x 6,1 m
Fart: 18 knob
Besætning: 325 mand
Bevæbning: 2 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 20mm maskinkanoner, 4 stillinger til maskingeværer
Nyttelast: 305 mand+405 (overlast)

Storbritannien: 2

Navn Køllagt Søsat Tjeneste Noter
L14 Albion 22-5-98 9-3-01 19-6-03 Devonport
L15 Bulwark 27-1-00 15-11-01 28-4-05 Devonport

JDW 11/01: Det amfibiske angrebsfartøj HMS Albion blev søsat 9/3/01 ved BAE Systems marine værftet, Barrow-in-Furness. Klasse skal afløse de eksisterende fartøjer HMS Fearless og HMS Intrepid.

JDW 45/01: HMS Bulwark, den anden af to 18.500 tons LPD(R) til Royal Navy, blev søsat fra BAE Systems Marine, Barrow-in-Furness, 15/11/01. Det første skib, HMS Albion, kommer i tjeneste 1/03 for at afløse HMS Fearless. De to skibe kan hver medføre op til 700 marinesoldater, 8 landgangsfartøjer og en blanding af køretøjer inkl. op til 6 Challenger 2 kampvogne eller omkring 30 nye Viking terrængående køretøjer.

Challenger 2 kampvogn fra den britiske hær.

HMS ALBION TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Military Lift:

Vehicle deck capacity for up to six Challenger 2 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 US hovercraft landing craft. 

Four smaller landing craft on davits, each capable of carrying 35 troops.

Two-spot flight deck able to take medium support helicopters and stow a third.  Deck is capable of taking Chinook.   The Albion design does not have a hangar but does have equipment needed to support aircraft operations such as Flight Service Control, Ground Support Equipment, Handlers/Maintainers Ready Room, and an Aircrew Briefing Room.

 Propulsion:
Integrated Electric, driving two shafts
Motors: two 6 megaWatt, Synchro-converter Drives.
Two Wartsilla 6.25MegaWatt Generators
108KW Bow Thruster

Self defence:
Two Kelvin Hughes 1007 radars, plus Type 996 surveillance radar

Two Goalkeeper Close In Weapon Systems
Seagnat Decoy system
UAT Electronic Warfare system