Bay-class landing ship
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The Bay class is a ship class of four dock landing ships built for the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary during the 2000s. They are based on the Dutch-Spanish Royal Schelde Enforcer design, and replaced t
RFA Mounts Bay leaving Portsmouth
Lyme Bay being fitted out at BAE's Govan shipyard in early 2007. The hull of this vessel was built by Swan Hunter on the river Tyne, but was transferred to BAE for completion in 2006.
RFA Largs Bay in Portland Harbour, August 2009
HMAS Choules at Fleet Base East in January 2012
The Amphibious Transport Ship was originally an initiative by the Dutch Navy to procure a series of six amphibious warfare ships as a replacement for the Rotterdam class and Holland class. In 2026, th
Bay-class landing ship
…be replaced by new Multi-Role Support Ships. However, this project was cancelled in the 2026 Defence Investment Plan in favor of the joint-Anglo-Dutch ATS-class amphibious warfare ship. The Bay class was designed as a replacement for the five Round Table-class logistics ships operated by the RFA. Planning for the class began in the…
Early artist impression