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PACSCAT air-cushion landing craft (T-1) (2010)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
T1 T1   Aluminium Shipbuilders, Hythe   10.2009 10.8.2010 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

175

Length, m

30.0

Breadth, m

7.70

Draught, m

0.50

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 MTU diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

none

Military load

55t cargo

Electronic equipment nav. radar

Complement

 

Project history: PACSCAT (Partial Air-Cushion Supported CATamaran) is a prototype of new generation of British landing craft, uses ideas of Russian project 11770 of early 1990s. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

T1 2011

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