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KALAAT BENI HAMMED tank landing ships (1984)

Kalaat Beni Hammed 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
كلات بني حامد [Kalaat Beni Hammed] 472   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, UK 10.1981 18.5.1983 4.1984 in service (2019)
كلات بني راشد [Kalaat Beni Rached] 473   Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 20.12.1982 15.5.1984 10.1984 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2450

Length, m

80.0 pp 93.0 oa

Breadth, m

15.5

Draught, m

2.15

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 12V1163 TB92 diesels

Power, h. p.

8000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(12)

Armament

1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 2 - 25/82 type 81, helicopter deck

Military load

550 t of cargo (450 t for beaching), 240 troops

Electronic equipment

Decca 1229, S800 radars, Naja e/o system, Cutlass, Cygnus ECM suites, 2x Barricade decoy RL

Complement

81

Project history: Brooke Marine design. 75x7.4m vehicle storage area is equipped by 18x4.5m fore and 5x4m aft ramps. There is 16t travelling crane.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kalaat Beni Hammed 2004

© Ivan Gogin, 2019