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LCVP Mk 5 2002

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
L9473 L9673-9692 L9707-9708	Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton: L9473, 9673-9678 FBM Babcock Marine, Rosyth: L9679-9692, 9707, 9708	1996-1999: L9473, 9673-9678 2002-2004: L9679-9692, 9707, 9708	None	None	in service (2019): L9473, 9673-9692, 9707, 9708 as L0202-02025, L0338-0341, L0344-0347, L0353-0356, L9675, L9676, L9707

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	16
Displacement full, t	23
Length, m	14.0 pp 15.3 oa
Breadth, m	4.20
Draught, m	0.55
No of shafts	2 waterjets
Machinery	2 Volvo Penta TAMD-72WJ diesels
Power, h. p.	860
Max speed, kts	25 light, 16 loaded
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	210(16)
Armament	none
Military load	35 troops, 2 light trucks or 1 tracked vehicle, 2 t of cargo or 8 t of cargo at all
Electronic equipment	Raytheon 40 radar
Complement	3

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Project history

Landing craft vehicle, personnel. Four were ordered for LPH Ocean, later for Albion class LPDs. Aluminium hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Craft were renumbered in 2010 as 0202-0205, 0338-0341, 0344-0347, 0353-0356, 9675, 9676 and 9707.