Builders:
H : Harland & Wolff, Belfast, United Kingdom
J : John Brown, Clydebank, United Kingdom
Dimensions:
520' x 80' x 20' 6" / 158.50m x 24.40m x 6.20m
Displacement:
11100 tons std / 12100 tons max
Complement:
550
Armament:
Both ships:-
4 x quad SeaCat SAM launchers
2 x 40mm guns in single mountings
Aircraft Facilities:
No hangar is fitted, but a helipad and support is provided for up to five helicopters.
Armour:
None known.
Powerplant:
Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers were fitted along with two English Electric steam turbines providing a
total of 22000shp on two shafts.
Maximum speed was 20kts and the maximum range was 5000NM @ 20kts.
Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Type 994 air/surface search
Sonar:
None fitted
Other:
N/A
Miscellaneous:
Each ship can carry four LCM9 landing craft, and four LCA are carried in davits. The ships carry be
flooded down at the stern with 5000 tons of seawater to launch and recover craft.