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     472 Kalaat Beni Hammad     

Photo byAntonio Muñoz Criado, Málaga
Country: Algeria Algeria
Class, [Type]: [LST].
Builder: Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, U.K.
Launch date: 18 May 1983.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.450 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 93 x 15,5 x 2,5
Main machinery: 2 x MTU 16V 1163 TB82 diesels ( 8.880 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 15.
Range ( miles ): 3.000 at 12 knots.
Complement: 81.

Guns: 2 x Breda 40mm/70 ( 2 twin ), 4 x 25mm/60 ( 2 twin ) of soviet origin. 2 x 25mm either side of the bridge.
Military lift: 240 troops; 7 x MBT and 380tm of diverse cargo.

Radar: Navigation: Racal Decca TM 1226, I band.
Countermeasures: Decoys: Wallop Barricade chaff launchers.

Comment: Has an helicopter landing platform, but carries none.
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