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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

PERSEVERANCE tank landing ship (1964/1992)

Perseverance 1995

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Perseverance (ex-Lowland Lancer, ex-Sir Lancelot) 206 818 Fairfield, Glasgow, UK 3/1962 25.6.1963 16.1.1964 // 21.11.1992 auxiliary 10.2001

 

Displacement standard, t

3270

Displacement full, t

5674

Length, m

111.7 pp 126.5 oa

Breadth, m

17.7

Draught, m

3.95

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Denny-Sulzer 12MH51 diesels

Power, h. p.

9520

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil 811

Endurance, nm(kts)

8000(15)

Armament

2 x 2 Simbad SAM (24 Mistral), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 6 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter decks

Military load

16 tanks, 34 vehicles, 534 troops, 2 LCP

Electronic equipment

DB2000 radar, DR-2000 ECM suite

Complement

65

Project history: Former RN Sir Lancelot LST, sold in 1990 for commercial use as Lowland Lancer. Purchased in 1992 from Lowline Ltd.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019