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RFA ''Cardigan Bay'' is a Bay-class landing ship dock of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Built by BAE Systems, the ship was dedicated into the RFA at the end of 2006. ==Design and construction== (詳細はRound Table-class logistics ships operated by the RFA.〔 The new design was based on the Royal Schelde Enforcer design; a joint project between the Dutch and Spanish resulting in the ''Rotterdam''-class and ''Galicia''-class amphibious warfare ships.〔 The main difference with the British ships is the lack of a helicopter hangar.〔Kemp, ''New UK landing ship takes to the water''〕 The ships were originally designated "auxiliary landing ship logistics" or ALSL, but this was changed in 2002 to "landing ship dock (auxiliary)" or LSD(A), better reflecting their operational role.〔Scott, ''The Royal Navy's Future Fleet''〕 Four ships were ordered; two from Swan Hunter, and two from BAE Systems Naval Ships.〔 The Bay-class ships have a full load displacement of .〔 Each is long, with a beam of , and a draught of .〔 Propulsion power is provided by two Wärtsilä 8L26 generators, providing , and two Wärtsilä 12V26 generators, providing .〔 These are used to drive two steerable azimuth thrusters, with a bow thruster supplementing.〔 Maximum speed is , and the Bay-class ships can achieve a range of at .〔 For self-defence, ''Cardigan Bay'' is armed with two 30 mm DS30B cannons, four Mk.44 miniguns, six 7.62mm L7 GPMGs, and two Phalanx CIWS.〔 The standard ship's company consists of 60 officers and sailors.〔 As a sealift ship, ''Cardigan Bay'' is capable of carrying up to 24 Challenger 2 tanks or 150 light trucks in 1,150 linear metres of space.〔 The cargo capacity is equivalent of 200 tons of ammunition, or 24 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers.〔 During normal conditions, a Bay-class ship can carry 356 soldiers, but this can be almost doubled to 700 in overload conditions.〔 No helicopters are carried on board, but the flight deck is capable of handling helicopters up to the size of Chinooks, as well as Merlin helicopters and Osprey tiltrotor 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 between the superstructure and the flight deck.〔 ''Cardigan Bay'' and sister ship were ordered from BAE on 19 November 2001.〔 ''Cardigan Bay'' was laid down at BAE's shipyard at Govan, Scotland on 13 October 2003.〔Saunders (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 2008-2009'', p. 876〕 Plans to launch the ship on 8 April 2005 were frustrated by high winds and unusually low tides; the naming ceremony was carried out that day, and the actual launching took place the next day, with more favourable tide conditions. ''Cardigan Bay'' was dedicated on 18 December 2006, the third of the class to enter service with the RFA.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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