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SHAH AMANAT utility landing ship (1980s/1990)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
শাহ আমানত [Shah Amanat] L900   Danyard, Frederikshavn, Denmark     1980s // 1990 in service (2020)
 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

366

Length, m

47.0

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar D343 diesels

Power, h. p.

720

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load cargo
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

31

Project history: Australian civil vessel confiscated by the Navy while engaged in smuggling in 1988. Resembles U.S. LCU 1466�class utility landing craft but has shorter vehicle cargo deck and longer poop deck with more extensive superstructure.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Shah Amanat 1996

Ivan Gogin, 2020