Lord Sunderby class helicopter landing dock

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Lord-class
Design details
Type Helicopter assault dock ship (LHD)
Hull type Monohull, merchant
Manufacturer Royal Shipyards
Design No.
Unit cost $1 billion
Service dates 2003-
General characteristics
Crew 476
Length 254.1 m
Beam 38.7 m
Draught 8.2 m
Displacement 41,350 t
Propulsion
Powerplant
Main:
Secondary:
Auxiliary:
CODOG-IFEP
2 × IMW MTG-6
2 × IMW MMD-23
n/a
Drive 2 shafts, bow thruster
Speed 25 knots (burst)
Range
Protection
Main belt cm
Flight deck cm
Hangar deck cm
Bulkheads
Transverse:
Longitudinal:
Platform
Flight deck 0°-5°
Elevators 3; 2 × 36.6 t, 25 t
Catapults n/a
Arrestor wires n/a
Armament
AAW 4 × GWLS.35M2, 2 × GWLS.65M, 4 × GWLS.68M2, 4 × L72A2 35mm
Operators
UKIN

The Lord Sunderby-class helicopter landing dock (LHD), usually known simply as the Lord-class, is the primary assault platform for Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines' expeditionary units. The class has been in service since 2003 and has seen service with a variety of different nations.

Batch 1

Displacement: 41,350t (deep)
Dimensions: length 254.1m (oa); beam 38.7m; draught 8.2 m
Propulsion: 2-shafts CODOG-IFEP with bow thruster; 2 gas turbines (Isselmere Motor Works (IMW) MTG-6) and 2 auxiliary diesels (IMW MED-23); 24+ kts.
Crew: 476 (excluding air group); 1,800 troops
Flight deck: axial (can be modified with port sponson angled to 5-degrees)
Elevators: 2 inboard (fore and aft of island) rated at 36.3t, 1 deck edge (port) rated at 25t
Vehicles

  • Aircraft, possible contingent: 12 medium transport helicopters, 8 attack helicopters, 6 VSTOL fighter/attack aircraft
  • Amphibious, possible contingent: 3 LCAC in docking well, 4 LCMs either on deck or slung, 30 amphibious tractors in hold.

Weapons
AAW: 2 × GWLS.30 (f/a of island), 4 × 16-cell GWLS.33 (f/a, p/s), 4 × GWLS.53 (f/a, p/s), 4 × MLG-27.
Electronics suite

  • Computer complex: MEI.5 Muginn/MEI.4 Mimir Integrated Shipboard Operations Management System
  • Threat management systems: MEQ.185 SELKIE (anti-torpedo)
  • Radars: MRU.112(V)3 Crow (multifunction search and tracking), MRS.118 Kafka/MRS.111(V)3 Jackdaw (volume search), MRS.204 Wednesday (air traffic control), MRS.164 Hofvarpnir (surface search)
  • Sonar: MQU.139 Hound (keel-mounted MF/LF sonar)
  • Passive electro-optical: MAU.126 Asp (intermediate range infra-red search and tracking), MSS.127 Owl (electro-optical surface surveillance)
  • Combination electro-optical/radar: MSP.131 Friday (automatic carrier landing system)
  • ECM/ESM: MLQ.177 (jammer), MRD.165 (radar/signals emissions receiver and direction finder), MPR.184 Nott (laser warning receiver and direction finder),
  • Communications: JSQ.117(V)2 Godi (Link 17.2; secure datalink), NSC.121 Alvis (secure satellite communications system)

Countermeasures: Siren (anti-missile), MASS (anti-missile), MLQ.135 Mackerel (anti-torpedo).
Cost: $1,000 million USD
Production time: 3 years

Batch 2

Type: Helicopter assault dock ship
Displacement: 41,350t (deep)
Dimensions: length 254.1m (oa); beam 38.7m; draught 8.2 m
Propulsion: 2-shafts CODOG-IFEP with bow thruster; 2 gas turbines (IMW MTG-6) and 2 auxiliary diesels (IMW MED-23); 24+ kts.
Crew: 476 (excluding air group); 1,850 troops
Hospital capacity: 6 operating rooms, 600 bed patients
Flight deck: axial (can be modified with port sponson angled to 5-degrees)
Elevators: 2 inboard (fore and aft of island) rated at 36.3t, 1 deck edge (port) rated at 25t
Weapons
AAW: 4 × 16-cell GWLS.33 (f/a, p/s), 2 × GWLS.65 (f/a of island), 4 × GWLS.68M2 (f/a, p/s), 4 × 30mm L41A2 (i.e. MCA.41)
Vehicles

  • Aircraft, possible contingent: 12 medium transport helicopters, 8 attack helicopters, 6 V/STOL fighter/attack aircraft
  • Amphibious, possible contingent: 3 LCAC in docking well, 4 LCMs either on deck or slung, 32 amphibious tractors in hold

Electronics suite

  • Computer complex: MEI.5 Muninn/MEI.4 Mimir ISOMS
  • Threat management systems: MEQ.185 SELKIE (anti-torpedo)
  • Radars: MRU.112(V)3 Crow (multifunction), MRS.118 Kafka/MRS.111(V)3 Jackdaw (air volume search), MRS.164 Hofvarpnir (surface search), MRS.204 Wednesday (air traffic control)
  • Sonar: MQU.139 Hound (keel-mounted MF/LF sonar)
  • Optronics: MAU.126 Asp (intermediate range infrared multifunction), MSS.127 Owl (surface surveillance)
  • Combination radar/optronics: 4 × MSG.183 Gjallar (close-range fire direction), MSP.131 Friday (automatic carrier landing system)
  • ECM/ESM: MLQ.177 (jammer), MLR.165 (radar/signals emissions receiver and direction finder), MPR.184 Nott (laser warning receiver and direction finder), MRD.199 (signals direction finder)
  • Communications: MPC.190 (laser communications transceiver), MRC.178 (secure communications system), JSQ.117(V)2 Godi (Link 17.2; secure datalink), MSC.196(V)2 (encrypted burst communications transceiver), MSP.123(V)2 Gna (Link 17.2D; secure drone command datalink), NSC.121 Alvis (secure satellite communications system)

Countermeasures: MLE.140 MUSE (anti-missile), MLQ.135 Mackerel (anti-torpedo)
Cost: $1000 million USD
Production time: 3 years

Batch 3

Proposed. Reduces the variety of weapons systems without reducing system capability. Electronic systems upgrades, with ship management systems upgraded to MEI.7 (helicopter carrier/dock ship operations) standard.

AAW: 4 × 16-cell GWLS.35M (f/a, p/s), 2 × GWLS.65M (f/a of island), 4 × GWLS.68M2 (f/a, p/s), 4 × L72A2 (i.e. MCA.72) 35mm autocannon


Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries
DAS | IMW | LMI | RINO | RSIN

Aircraft:
Angrboda | Cormorant | Gargantua | Garuda | Pantagruel | Scimitar | Sea Fury | Sparrow | Spectre | Swordfish | Tiger
Countermeasures and Decoys:
Flamingo
Ground Vehicles:
L15 LAV series | L21 HAV series | L25 Boar SPH | Lion | Mammoth OCV
Launchers:
GWLS.35 | GWLS.58 | GWLS.60
Missiles and Torpedoes:
Ahab | Barracuda | Erne | Hurricane | Loon | Mako | Pelican | Sailfish | Triton | Vidofnir
Small Arms and Crew-Served Weapons:
L117 | L118 | L119 | L120
Uncrewed Vehicles:
Albatross | Auk/Puffin | Canary | Clownfish | Cuttlefish | Dodo | Dolphin | Ferret | Horus | Hyena | Iguana | Jackal
Marmot | Mule | Parrot | Penguin | Pike | Porpoise | Rook | Seahorse | Squid | Tern | Thrush | Wyvern | Urchin
Vessels:
Bullfinch | City (2003) | City (2007) | County (2003) | Crocodile | Europa | Flower (2005) | Furtive | Grand Duchy | King Henry V | King Robert VI
Kingdom (2005) | Lethe | Lord | Marquess | Province (2003) | River (2003) | Royal Edmund | Síanach | Town (2007) | Union | Wallace
Other Equipment:
AOSAM | ISOMS | KERI foam | MITRE | MUSE | NAIADS | ODIN | SELKIE | SPINTOP


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