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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "BruceDuncan" (Jun 19th 2012, 4:19am)
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Quite interesting. The well deck is much larger than the others being constructed or built around the world...
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The current generation of German landing craft are rather larger than their foreign counterparts, and as they represent the "main battery" of a dock landing ship, the vessel needs to be designed around their parameters.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The current generation of German landing craft are rather larger than their foreign counterparts, and as they represent the "main battery" of a dock landing ship, the vessel needs to be designed around their parameters.
Actually, I think the German landing craft match up fairly closely in size to my own French landing craft. Mine are slightly smaller by several tons, but they do compare well, I thought. In the light landing craft, the difference is most profound - the French EA-13 is 65% the displacement of the German Sturm Landungsboot 40 (13 tons versus 20 tons). The French EDA-55 tank landing craft (55t) is 89% the displacement of the Pionier Landungsboot 40 (62t); and the French CDIC-200 is the same nominal displacement as the Marinefahrpram. Though the MFP is 23m longer than the CDIC-200 for that same displacement.
The Chileans don't match up as well - mostly because they've concentrated on building oceangoing, long-ranged types, and thus standardized on only two types of light craft.
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Originally posted by parador
Can't wait to see a drawing of her
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Originally posted by Hood
The only thing I would question it that if the KM intends to operate over long oceanic ranges then the cramped conditions might not be ideal. Of course you've got the coverted merchants as bulk troop transports but even so 220 troops might find things get stuffy on a long voyage.
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Interesting thought, looking at that plan its not going to be long before someone extends the well further forward and invents a Ro-Ro vessel.
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Originally posted by Hood
The Ashlands though were a wartime design, they were not designed for peacetime operations but for defeating the Japanese Empire. Comfort was not an issue. Though of course with air con etc. that will improve things below decks for tropical use.
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Originally posted by Hood
I was musing out loud on Ro-Ro, I feel we're getting close to that point when someone feels that such capability can be done, as you say such a ship would be larger with perhaps 3 vehicle decks. A kind of super-LST.
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
Or, if the vessel is to be independent of shore-side facilities, then the extra cost is tacked on to the construction costs.
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