PiraeuShips: RFA Lyme Bay - L3007

General characteristics
Name	RFA Lyme Bay
Namesake	Lyme Bay, Dorset
Ordered	18 December 2000
Builder	Swan Hunter / BAE Systems
Laid down	22 November 2002
Launched	3 September 2005
In service	26 November 2007
Homeport	Falmouth^[1] (forward deployed as part of Littoral Response Group (South))^[2]
Identification	IMO number: 9240768 Pennant number: L3007 Deck code: YB
Status	in active service
Class and type	Bay-class landing ship dock
Displacement	16,160 t (15,905 long tons) full load
Length	579.4 ft (176.6 m)
Beam	86.6 ft (26.4 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × Wärtsilä 8L26 generators, 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) 2 × Wärtsilä 12V26 generators, 9,000 hp (6.7 MW) 2 × azimuth thrusters 1 × bow thruster
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	1 LCU or 2 LCVP in well deck; Mexeflote powered rafts
Capacity	1,150 linear metres of vehicles (up to 24 Challenger 2 tanks or 150 light trucks) Cargo capacity of 200 tons ammunition or 24 TEU containers
Troops	356 standard, 700 overload
Complement	60
Armament	2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns^[3] 2 × Phalanx CIWS^[4] 4 × 7.62mm Mk.44 Miniguns (may be replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023)^[5] 6 × 7.62mm L7 GPMGs
Aircraft carried	Not routinely carried but a temporary hangar can be fitted.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck can operate helicopters up to Chinook size

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