RFA Lyme Bay (L3007) is a Bay class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Lyme Bay was built by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne. On July 13, 2006 it was announced that, due to delays and cost over-runs, fitting out of Lyme Bay would be transferred from Swan Hunter and completed by BAE Systems at Scotstoun. Lyme Bay arrived on the River Clyde on July 22, 2006.
Laid down: 1 October 2001 Launched: 26 August 2005 Commissioned: 8 August 2007Class and type: Bay class landing ship dock Displacement: 16,190 t (15,934 long tons) full load Length: 176.6 m (579 ft 5 in) Beam: 26.4 m (86 ft 7 in) Draught: 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) Propulsion: 2 × Wartsila 8L26 engines
2 × Wartsila 12V26 engines Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) Capacity: 356 troops; 1,200 Linear metres of vehicles (e.g. 32 Challenger 2 MBT's or 150 light trucks); 12 × 40 FEU or 24 × 20 TEU containers, 2 Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP) Mk.5 and 1 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk 10; two Mexeflote powered rafts Complement: 59 Armament: • 2 × 7.62mm Mk.44 Miniguns
• 6 × 7.62mm L7 GPMGs Aircraft carried: Twin spot flight deck with limited facilities to transport and operate Merlin or Chinook helicopters, and V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
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