LYME BAY: Naming ceremony

Lyme Bay will provide logistic support to military operations, carrying a military force of 356 Royal Marines and up to 135 crew and augmentees. In addition, an assortment of up to 1200 linear metres of military vehicles and battle tanks can be loaded into the vehicle deck either by way of landing craft or the ships two Mexeflotes which are carried on either side of the vessel. It can transport over 200 tons of maintenance reserve and can carry either twelve 40TEU or twenty four 20TEU containers. The 60m x 26m flight deck is capable of handling Merlin and Chinook helicopters and Lyme Bay has two 30 ton deck cranes to provide independence for loading. 

Jaap Kroese - Chairman Swan Hunter:

As the second LSDA to be built here at Swan Hunter in the last couple of years we are very proud to have produced a ship that, together with her sister vessels, will bring significant capability upgrade to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary knowing we have delivered a quality product to the DPA which will last for years to come. We’ve very much enjoyed working with the Ministry of Defence and especially with the members of Integrated Project Team in a very co-operative and professional manner. We are grateful to the skilled and loyal workforce here on the yard that have contributed to this success and hope this will result in further similar work being awarded to the yard in the coming years.