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SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

A542 personnel transports (2000)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(ex-Lanka Rani) A542   Kvaerner Flelistrand, Singapore     2000 in service (2019)
(ex-Lanka Devi) A543   Kvaerner Flelistrand, Singapore     2000 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

444

Length, m

40.0

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 16V396 TE74L diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 650(20)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

Military load

120 passengers, 60 t cargo

Electronic equipment Furuno FR1012 radar

Complement

30

Project history: Catamaran hull. Purchased from Ceylon Shipping Corp.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

A543 2006

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