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][4]
2 × Phalanx CIWS[5][6]
4 × 7.62mm Mk.44 Miniguns (may be replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023)[7]
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
RFA Lyme Bay is a Bay-class auxiliary dock landing ship (LSD(A)) of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from Swan Hunter in 2000, the ship was launched in 2005. However, cost overruns and delays saw the shipbuilder removed from the project, and the incomplete ship was towed to Govan for finishing by BAE Systems Naval Ships. Lyme Bay entered service in late 2007; the last ship of the class to join the RFA.
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^"Royal Navy aircraft carrier will not be deployed to the Mediterranean but other options are open". Navy Lookout. 12 October 2023.
^"The all-rounder – the 30mm Automated Small Calibre Gun in focus". Navy Lookout. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^"The UK Littoral Response Group (South) arrives in the Indo-Pacific". Navy Lookout. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^"Last ditch defence – the Phalanx close-in weapon system in focus". Navy Lookout. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^"The UK Littoral Response Group (South) arrives in the Indo-Pacific". Navy Lookout. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^"In focus: the Fleet Solid Support ship design". Navy Lookout. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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