Point-class sealift ship

MV Longstone
Class overview
NamePoint class
Builders
OperatorsForeland Shipping Ltd (formerly AWSR Ltd)
In service2002–present
Completed6
Active4 under contract with the MoD
General characteristics
TypeRoll-on/roll-off
Tonnage14,200 DWT
Displacement23,000 tonnes full load[1]
Length193.0 m (633 ft 2 in)[1]
Beam26.0 m (85 ft 4 in)[1]
Draught7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)[1]
Propulsion
  • 2 × MaK 94M43 diesel engines; 21,700 hp (16,182 kW)
  • 2 propellers
  • Bow thruster
Speed21.5 kn (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Range17,000 km (9,200 nmi)
Capacity
  • 2,650 linear metres of space for vehicles
  • 130 armoured vehicles and 60 trucks and ammunition or 8,000 tonnes of vehicles
Crew18–22
Sensors and
processing systems
I-band navigation radar
Aviation facilitiesCan carry up to four helicopters including Chinook, Apache, Merlin and Wildcat.
NotesSourced from Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009, p. 876

The Point class is a class of six roll-on/roll-off sealift ships originally procured under a Private Finance Initiative to be available for use as naval auxiliaries to the British armed forces. Two of the ships have now been released from the contract, leaving four available for service with the military.

  1. ^ a b c d The Royal Navy Handbook, 2003, Ministry of Defence, p. 104