Standard: 20.12 m (66.0 ft) Maxi: 38.41 m (126.0 ft)
Width
Standard: 7.42 m (24.3 ft) Maxi 12.20 m (40.0 ft)
Crew
6
Engine
2 x Hydromaster 6cyl diesel at 75 hp each or 2x Thrustmaster OD150N Propulsion Units 150 hp combined
Payload capacity
Standard: 60,000 kg (130,000 lb) Larger: 120,000 kg (260,000 lb) Largest: 180,000 kg (400,000 lb)
The Mexeflote is a landing raft used by the United Kingdom's Royal Logistic Corps and the Royal Australian Navy to move goods and vehicles between ship and shore. It was first used by British military in the 1960s. It was used during the Falklands conflict, and has been used in humanitarian aid missions. The system is very similar to the Rhino ferry.
The Mexeflote is a landing raft used by the United Kingdom's Royal Logistic Corps and the Royal Australian Navy to move goods and vehicles between ship...
aircraft. The well dock can carry one LCU Mark 10 or two LCVPs, and two Mexeflotes can be suspended from the ship's flanks. Two 30-ton cranes are fitted...
maximum speed of 10 knots. The Army Workboat can be used as tugs for Mexeflotes, positioning other pontoon equipment and for handling flexible pipelines...
also put ashore with the landing craft, the Round Table-class LSL and mexeflote barges. Rapier missile launchers were carried as underslung loads of Sea...
aircraft. The well dock can carry one LCU Mark 10 or two LCVPs, and two Mexeflotes can be suspended from the ship's flanks. Two 30-ton cranes are fitted...
Royal Marines version or the Royal Australian Navy version), and two Mexeflotes can be suspended from the ship's flanks. The LCM-1E landing craft being...
same components) were also assembled by British Army Royal Engineers. Mexeflote – type of Landing raftPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback...
Regiment (†3) Elements of 17 Port Regiment Royal Corps of Transport. 3 x Mexeflote detachments. 5 x Landing ship logistics detachments. 2 x FV 4018 Centurion...
aircraft. The well dock can carry one LCU Mark 10 or two LCVPs, and two Mexeflotes can be suspended from the ship's flanks. Two 30-ton cranes are fitted...
temporary hangar can be fitted Boats carried: 1 × LCU, 1 × LCM-8, or 2 × LCVP in well deck 2 × Mexeflotes on flanks Vehicle deck: 32 tanks or 150 trucks...
Viscount was fitted with an extra ramp to enable unloading of vehicles to Mexeflotes. A number of military vehicles were embarked in Plymouth prior to the...
Mark II LARC-V LCM-8 LCM2000 class Royal Australian Navy amphibious craft LCVP LLC Mexeflote List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy...
Mark II LARC-V LCM-8 LCM2000 class Royal Australian Navy amphibious craft LCVP LLC Mexeflote List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy...
Mark II LARC-V LCM-8 LCM2000 class Royal Australian Navy amphibious craft LCVP LLC Mexeflote List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy...
Mark II LARC-V LCM-8 LCM2000 class Royal Australian Navy amphibious craft LCVP LLC Mexeflote List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy...
it was being brought ashore on a mexeflote. The tanker trucks could be used to bring the fuel ashore on mexeflotes or landing craft, but it still needed...
particularly in the Falklands War, where over 75% of all stores were landed by Mexeflote Rafts. The regiment initially comprised 51 and 52 Port Squadrons Royal...
vehicles were also transported from Marchwood to the Europic Ferry via Mexeflote and then on to the Falklands. The port also became a massive assembly...
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