RFA Mounts Bay

History

United Kingdom
Name	RFA Mounts Bay
Namesake	Mount's Bay
Ordered	19 November 2001
Builder	BAE Systems, Govan, Glasgow
Laid down	25 August 2002
Launched	9 April 2004
In service	13 July 2006
Homeport	Falmouth
Identification	Pennant: L3008 IMO number: 9240770 MMSI number: 232697000 International call sign: GCIC Deck code: MB
Status	Ship in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Bay-class landing ship dock
Displacement	16,160 t (15,905 long tons) full load
Length	579.4 ft (176.6 m)
Beam	86.6 ft (26.4 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × Wärtsilä 8L26 generators, 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) 2 × Wärtsilä 12V26 generators, 9,000 hp (6.7 MW) 2 × propulsion pods 1 × bow thruster
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	1 LCU or 2 LCVP in well deck; Mexeflote powered rafts
Capacity	1,150 linear metres of vehicles (up to 24 Challenger 2 tanks or 150 light trucks) Cargo capacity of 200 tons ammunition or 24 TEU containers
Troops	356 standard, 700 overload
Complement	60
Armament	Fitted to receive: 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 7.62mm Mk.44 Miniguns (may be replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) 6 × 7.62mm L7 GPMGs
Aviation facilities	Flight deck can operate helicopters up to Chinook size

RFA Mounts Bay is a Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She is named after Mount's Bay in Cornwall. As of 2024, Mounts Bay is the principal vessel assigned to the Royal Navy's Littoral Response Group (North).