| Name: | LYME BAY |
| Type: | Landing Ship Dock (auxiliary) |
| Keel: | 22/11/2002 |
| Launched: | 03/09/2005 |
| Completed: | 27/06/2007 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd & BAE Systems |
| Yard: | Wallsend & Govan |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 16160disp, 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 1 x 7.62mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS |
| History: | |
| 26/11/2007 | Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Member of the Bay Class |
| Pennant number: L3007 | |
| Can carry 24 x main battle tanks or 150 x light trucks or equivalent | |
| Fitted for handling a helicopter, but without hangar facilities | |
| 13/06/2006: Order cancelled and handed over to BAE Systems | |
| 16/07/2006: Towed away from the Tyne to the Clyde | |
| 2017: Still in service |
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