At Kiel Scheermole at Kiel Navy Port 2012-02-11
HMS Bulwark is an Albion-class landing platform dock, the UK’s newest class of amphibious assault warship and built in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
Commissioned: 10 December 2004
Displacement: 18,500-21,500 tonnes
Length: 176 m Beam: 25.6 m waterline, 28.9 m maximum
Propulsion: 2 × Wärtsilä 6.25 MW and 2 × Wärtsilä 1.56 MW diesel generators operating at 6.6 kV driving two AC motors through twin shafts and a bowthruster unit
Speed: 18 knots Range:7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km)
Complement: 325
Armament: 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS, 4 × 7.62 mm machine guns, 2 × 20 mm cannon
Vehicle deck capacity: 6 x Challenger 2 tanks or 30 x Bv 206 armoured all-terrain tracked carriers
Docking capacity: 4 x Landing Craft Utility (LCU) (each capable of carrying 1 x Challenger 2), 4 x Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) under davits, can operate Griffon Hovercraft