Round Table class landing ship logistics ship
RFA Sir Bedivere
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Round Table-class landing ship logistics |
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| Preceded by: | Mark 8 Landing Craft Tank |
| Succeeded by: | Bay-class landing ship |
| Built: | 1962-1967, 1985-1986 |
| In commission: | 1964-Present |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing ship logistics |
| Length: | 413 ft (126 m) |
| Beam: | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × diesel engines, 9,400 bhp (7,010 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 17.25 knots (31.95 km/h; 19.85 mph) |
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| Troops: | 402 |
| Complement: | 65 |
| Armament: | 2 × 20 mm guns |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck aft |
The Round Table class, also known as the Sir Lancelot class, was a British ship class designed for amphibious warfare missions in support of the main amphibious warfare ships. They were designated landing ship logistics (LSL).
In December 1961, the Ministry of Transport ordered the first in a new class of 6,000-ton military supply vessels from Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan. The class was designed to replace the World War II-era Mark 8 Landing Craft Tank vessels in service. The first ship, Sir Lancelot, was launched in June 1963. In March 1963, two more vessels were ordered, with Sir Galahad and Sir Geraint launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse in April 1966 and January 1967. The final three ships were ordered in April 1965; Sir Bedivere and Sir Tristram were launched by Hawthorn Leslie and Company of Hebburn in July and December 1966, followed by Sir Percivale from Swan Hunter of Wallsend in October 1967. At 6,390 GRT, Sir Lancelot was slightly larger than her successors, and was powered by two 12-cylinder Sulzer diesel engines, while the others were 4,473 GRT and had two 10-cylinder Mirrlees Monarch engines.
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