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Tobruk 1983

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tobruk	L50		Carrington Slipways, Tomago	7.2.1979	1.3.1980	23.4.1981	stricken 7.2015

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3600
Displacement full, t	6000
Length, m	129.5
Breadth, m	19.6
Draught, m	4.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Mirrlees-Blackstone KDMR8 diesels
Power, h. p.	9600
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 helicopter platforms for Sea King or Wessex
Military load	2 LCM(8), 2 LCVP, 11 tanks, 520 troops
Electronic equipment	Decca RM916, type 1006 radars, Matilda ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL
Complement	144

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Project history

A modified version of British Sir Bedivere class LSLs, but rated as an amphibious heavy lift ship. She can operate Wessex (later Sea King) helicopters, can carry pontoons and has a powerful heavy lift system: 2 4.5t cranes, 1 60t heavy-lift derrick and 14.6m bow and 14.2m stern ramps. Two LCVPs are carried in davits. Can accommodate two Astralian Army NLE pontoon lighters Castor and Pollux on the hull sides.

Modernizations

2000: - 2 x 1 - 40/60

2008: + 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 (Mini-Typhoon)

Naval service

No significant events.