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Ardennes 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp.	Fate
Ardennes	L4001	417	Brooke Marine, Lowestoft	27.8.1975	29.7.1976	1977	stricken 3.1999
Arakan	L4003	418	Brooke Marine, Lowestoft	16.2.1976	23.5.1977	9.6.1978	stricken 3.1999

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	870
Displacement full, t	1663
Length, m	70.0 pp 72.2 oa
Breadth, m	15.0
Draught, m	2.01
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Mirrlees-Blackstone GWSL 8-MGR2 diesels
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	diesel oil 150
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	none
Military load	5 tanks, 34 troops or 355 t of cargo
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	35

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Project history

They were operated by the Army's Royal Corps of Transport, more as ferries than as warships, although they were designed to replace the wartime LCT(8) type. They were unarmed, but can carry five 70t tanks or up to twenty-four standard 20ft containers, plus thirty-four troops.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.