Round Table-class landing ship logistics

RFA Sir Bedivere
Class overview
NameRound Table-class landing ship logistics
Builders
Operators
Preceded byMark 8 Landing Craft Tank
Succeeded byBay-class landing ship
Built
  • 1962-1967
  • 1985-1986
In commission1964-present
Completed7
Active1
Lost1
General characteristics [1]
TypeLanding ship logistics
Displacement
  • 3,270 tons standard
  • 5,674 tons fully loaded
Length413 ft (126 m)
Beam59 ft (18 m)
Draught13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion2 × diesel engines, 9,400 bhp (7,010 kW), 2 shafts
Speed17.25 knots (31.95 km/h; 19.85 mph)
Capacity
Troops402
Complement65
Armament2 × 20 mm guns
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck aft

The Round Table class, also known as the Sir Lancelot class, was a British ship class designed for amphibious warfare missions in support of the main amphibious warfare ships. They were designated landing ship logistics (LSL).

All ships were named after Knights of the Round Table.[2]

  1. ^ "Round Table-class Landing Ship Logistic". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. ^ "RFA Sir Lancelot". RFA Historical Society. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

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