TOBRUK tank landing ship (1981)
Tobruk 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tobruk | L50 | Carrington Slipways, Tomago | 7.2.1979 | 1.3.1980 | 23.4.1981 | stricken 7.2015 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
3600 |
|
Displacement full, t |
6000 |
|
Length, m |
129.5 |
|
Breadth, m |
19.6 |
|
Draught, m |
4.30 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Mirrlees-Blackstone KDMR8 diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
9600 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 8000(15) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 helicopter platforms for Sea King or Wessex |
| Military load | 2 LCM(8), 2 LCVP, 11 tanks, 520 troops |
|
Electronic equipment |
Decca RM916, type 1006 radars, Matilda ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL |
|
Complement |
144 |
Project history: A modified version of British Sir Bedivere class LSLs, but rated as an amphibious heavy lift ship. She can operate Wessex (later Sea King) helicopters, can carry pontoons and has a powerful heavy lift system: 2 4.5t cranes, 1 60t heavy-lift derrick and 14.6m bow and 14.2m stern ramps. Two LCVPs are carried in davits. Can accommodate two Astralian Army NLE pontoon lighters Castor and Pollux on the hull sides.
Modernizations: 2000: - 2 x 1 - 40/60
2008: + 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 (Mini-Typhoon)
Naval service: No significant events.
Tobruk 1983
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