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| Ordered: | 18 July 1996 |
| Laid down: | 27 January 2000 |
| Launched: | 15 November 2001 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 2004 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 18,500 t |
| Length: | 176 m |
| Beam: | 25.6 m waterline, 28.9 m maximum |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Wartsila 6.25 MW and 2 x Wartsila 1.56 MW diesel generators operating at 6.6 kV driving two AC motors through twin shafts and a bowthruster unit. |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) |
| Complement: | 325 |
| Armament: | 2 Goalkeeper CIWS 4 x 7.62 mm machine guns |
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HMS Bulwark is an Albion-class landing platform dock, the UK's newest class of amphibious assault warship. For numerous reasons, delays caused the delivery date to be put back, with the ship entering service in December 2004. Coupled with Albion and HMS Ocean, as well as other amphibious ships, she should provide a much improved and potent amphibious capability for the Royal Navy.
Two-spot 64 metre flight deck is able to take two medium support helicopters and stow a third. The deck is also capable of supporting a Chinook helicopter. Though the Albion design does not have a hangar, the ship does have sufficient equipment to support helicopter operations.
'See HMS Bulwark for other ships of the same name.
Current status
The HMS Bulwark is currently on patrol in the Red Sea. As of 3rd February 2006 it had been diverted to help the rescue operation of the Al Salam ferry that had sunk the night before, but was recalled after Egyptian officials said that Bulwark's prescence was no longer necessary.
Affiliations
- County Durham
- Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers
- Royal Irish Regiment
- The Bulwark Association
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