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Name | RFA Mounts Bay |
Namesake | Mount's Bay |
Ordered | 19 November 2001 |
Builder | BAE Systems, Govan, Glasgow |
Laid down | 25 August 2002 |
Launched | 9 April 2004 |
In service | 13 July 2006 |
Homeport | Falmouth[1] |
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Status | Ship in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bay-class landing ship dock |
Displacement | 16,160 t (15,905 long tons) full load |
Length | 579.4 ft (176.6 m) |
Beam | 86.6 ft (26.4 m) |
Draught | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 LCU or 2 LCVP in well deck; Mexeflote powered rafts |
Capacity |
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Troops | 356 standard, 700 overload |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Flight deck can operate helicopters up to Chinook size |
RFA Mounts Bay is a Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She is named after Mount's Bay in Cornwall. As of 2024, Mounts Bay is the principal vessel assigned to the Royal Navy's Littoral Response Group (North).