Largs Bay 2006

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	LARGS BAY
Type:	Landing Ship Dock (auxiliary)
Keel:	28/01/2002
Launched:	18/07/2003
Completed:	04/2006
Builder:	Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:
Dimensions:	16190disp, 176.6 x 26.4 x 5.8(draft)metres
Engines:	2 x Wartsila 8L26 & 2 x Wartsila 12V26 generators, 15000hp
Engines by:	Wartsila Oy, Helsinki
Propulsion:	2 x propulsion pods, 1 x bow thruster, 18.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	10 x 7.62mm guns; (2011: No armament)

History:
28/11/2006	Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
04/2011	Royal Australian Navy; renamed CHOULES
	Still in service

Comments:	Member of the Bay Class
	Pennant number: L3006
	Can carry 24 x main battle tanks or 150 x light trucks or equivalent
	Fitted for handling a helicopter, but without hangar facilities
	04/2011: Decommissioned as part of Strategic Defence & Security Review
	04/2011: Government of Australia was the successful bidder at £65m
	Australian pennant number L100