The Bay class is a ship class of four dock landing ships built for the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) during the 2000s. They are based on the Dutch-Spanish...
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A landing ship, tank, (LST) is a ship first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo...
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A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious...
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in support of the main amphibious warfare ships. They were designated landing ship logistics (LSL). All ships were named after Knights of the Round Table...
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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...
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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...
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The Canberra class is a ship class of two landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Planning to upgrade the navy's...
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by three Bay-class landing ship docks and one support ship (RFA Argus) from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. With the exception of Argus, these ships were originally...
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RFA Mounts Bay is a Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She is named after Mount's Bay in Cornwall. As...
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HMAS Choules (redirect from RFA Largs Bay)
HMAS Choules (L100) is a Bay-class landing ship that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011, before being purchased by the Royal...
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Landing ship logistics (LSL) was a term used by the United Kingdom armed forces to describe the Round Table class of landing ship used in the support...
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expeditionary unit ashore. Most of these ships can also carry or support landing craft, such as air-cushioned landing craft (hovercraft) or LCUs. The largest...
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Albion-class landing platform dock Builder: United Kingdom Displacement: 21,500 tons Operator: Royal Navy 2 in commission Bay-class landing ship dock...
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vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers. The Golfo de Tribugá-class landing craft is an LCU developed by COTECMAR for the...
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Grande class was a class of dock landing ships used by the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the Second World War. Nineteen ships were planned...
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The Albion-class landing platform dock is a class of amphibious warfare ship in service with the Royal Navy. The class consists of two vessels, HMS Albion...
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The Rotterdam class[citation needed] are two landing platform dock (LPD) ships in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by Damen Schelde Naval...
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deployment consisted of the Albion-class landing platform dock HMS Albion, Bay-class landing ship dock RFA Lyme Bay and Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon, along...
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totalling four vessels: One littoral strike ship RFA Argus (A135) and three Bay-class landing ships. Argus and Lyme Bay make up the Littoral Response Group (South)...
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The No.101-class landing ships (第百一号型輸送艦,, Dai 101 Gō-gata Yusōkan) were a class of amphibious assault ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and Imperial...
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Austin-class LPDs (including Cleveland and Trenton sub-classes), as well as the Newport-class tank landing ships, the Anchorage-class dock landing ships, and...
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Ashland-class dock landing ship were the first class of dock landing ship of the United States Navy. They were built during World War II. A dock landing ship...
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RAN in late 2014. The second ship of the class, Adelaide, was commissioned at the end of 2015. The Bay-class landing ship dock HMAS Choules was acquired...
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The Balikpapan class is a class of eight heavy landing craft. All eight were built by Walkers Limited for the Australian Army in the early 1970s. A reorganisation...
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Kanimbla class was a class of amphibious transport ships (designated Landing Platform Amphibious) operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Two ships (originally...
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during the late 1960s Bay-class tugboat, serving the United States Coast Guard from 1979 to the present Bay-class landing ship, serving the Royal Navy...
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The Galicia class are two landing platform dock (LPD) ships in service with the Spanish Navy. Built by Navantia at Ferrol, their mission is to carry out...
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Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier Albion-class landing platform dock Bay-class landing ship Type 45 destroyer Type 26 frigate Tide-class tanker Wave-class tanker...
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and commissioned in 2007. The design was used for the British Bay-class landing ships. Four vessels were built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary by two shipyards...
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Landing platform helicopter (LPH) is a term used by some navies to denote a type of amphibious warfare ship designed primarily to operate as a launch...
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