Rotterdam

The Rotterdam is a Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ship with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. Her pennant number is L800 and the size is 166 meters length and Displacement 12,750 tonnes . Rotterdam was launched in 1997 and a second LPD, 'Johan de Witt' is planned to enter service in 2007. The new vessel will be equipped with command and control facilities. The class was a joint design between the Netherlands and Spain. The two ships of the Spanish Galicia-class are the Galicia (commissioned in 1998) and the Castilla (2001).In the port of Sunderland, England on the weekend of 31/03/07 to 04/04/07 Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The dock of HMS Albion An amphibious transport dock (also called Landing Platform Dock or LPD) is a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. ... This article is about a military strategy involving land troops dispatched from naval ships. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... HMS Leeds Castle, launched in 1943 as a corvette with pennant number K384, was redesignated a frigate in 1948 and given the new flag superior F as seen here. ... The Galicia class are a class of Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ships with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. ...

External links

• Naval-technology.com

The Rotterdam at Sail Amsterdam 2005 (seen from a helicopter deck)