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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

chartered logistic ship (SIR CARADOC) (1973 / 1983)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sir Caradoc (ex-Grey Master) L3522       11.8.1972 1.1973 // 26.3.1983 returned 1987

 

Displacement standard, t

1899brt

Displacement full, t

5980

Length, m

114.3 pp 124.2 oa

Breadth, m

16.0

Draught, m

4.85

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Bergens-Normo LSM-9 diesels

Power, h. p.

5040

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 500

Endurance, nm(kts)

10600(16)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Military load

vehicles, troops

Electronic equipment

2x radars

Complement

57

Project history: Roll-on/roll-off ship chartered from Norwegian owner early in 1983 as temporary replacements for LSLs damaged in the Falklands. Bow and stern ramps.

Modernizations: 1984: - 2 x 1 - 20/70

Naval service: No significant events.

Sir Caradoc 1983

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