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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

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