Enforcer (Landing Platform Dock)
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The joint Spain
/Netherlands
Rotterdam/Galicia class of Landing Platform Dock naval vessels are called the Enforcer class for export.
These vessels are designed to carry a battalion of troops and land them, and their vehicles.
The vessels have a flight deck
and hangar
, for deploying helicopters, and a well deck
for
deploying landing craft
.
Both Spain and the Netherlands built two vessels of this class.
The original design was a Netherlands design.
Spain and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 1992 to jointly develop this class of vessels.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
/Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Rotterdam/Galicia class of Landing Platform Dock naval vessels are called the Enforcer class for export.
These vessels are designed to carry a battalion of troops and land them, and their vehicles.
The vessels have a flight deck
Flight deck
The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary mission, the landing area for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft is also referred to as the...
and hangar
Hangar
A hangar is a closed structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also sometimes used...
, for deploying helicopters, and a well deck
Well deck
A well deck or well dock is a hangar-like deck located at the waterline in the stern of some amphibious warfare ships. By taking on water the ship can lower its stern, flooding the well deck and allowing boats and amphibious landing craft to dock within the ship. This facilitates moving cargo...
for
deploying landing craft
Landing craft
Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during WWII...
.
Both Spain and the Netherlands built two vessels of this class.
The original design was a Netherlands design.
Spain and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 1992 to jointly develop this class of vessels.
Specifications
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Displacement | 14,000 t | ||||||||||
sustained speed | 18+ knots (33.5 km/h) | ||||||||||
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armament | 2 Close-in weapons systems |