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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NAVY (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

L21 landing and supply craft (2007)

Names

L21-24

Builders

ADSB, Massafah, Abu Dhabi: L21-24

Completed

2007: L21-24

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2020): L21-24

 

Displacement standard, t

53

Displacement full, t

73

Length, m

23.5 pp 26.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.40

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 MTU 12V2000 M90 diesels

Power, h. p.

2720

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

300

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load 18 troops, 2 3m conatiners or 1 vehicle

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

3

Project history: Fast supply vessels ordered in 2004. Aluminium craft built to a Swede Ship Marine design. Bow door.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

L21 2011

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