HMS-Ocean-LPH
Helicopter Assault Ship - HMS Ocean was Royal Navy's only dedicated helicopter carrier 1998-2018. 18 helicopter capacity. Deployed 480-830 Royal Marines. Fleet Flagship 2015-2018. Sold to Brazil.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 21500 t
- Displacement (full)
- 21500 t
- Length
- 667.3 ft
- Beam
- 114.8 ft
- Crew
- 285 (plus 180-206 air crew, 480-830 Royal Marines, 1000+ total)
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1998
- Decommissioned
- 2018
Performance
- Top speed
- 18 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T9
- Game power
- 475.2
- Research cost
- 846,806
- Credit cost
- 332,640
Notable
- Royal Navy's first and only dedicated LPH
- 170m flight deck with 2 aircraft lifts
- First RN ship to deploy Apache helicopters to combat (Libya 2011)
- Fleet Flagship 2015-2018
- Commanded US Task Force 50 (first RN vessel)