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The flight deck has two helicopter landing sites which can accommodate either one Chinook or two medium support helicopters, such as the Sea King Mk4 or EH101 helicopters. The standard displacement (fully manned and stored) is 13,000t, and the full load displacement (with fuel, ammunition, stores, water) is 16,000t.
Each Landing Platform Dock can operate eight landing craft, four of which can transport and land main battle tanks. The docking system is located at the stern of the ship.
Flooding of the docking area is achieved by ballasting the stern of the ship, allowing the landing craft to float. The LPD is equipped with a new design of roll-on, roll-off landing craft, the LCU Mk 10, which means that land vehicles are forward facing for disembarking. The LCU has a deep load displacement of 240t and can carry a combat-ready Challenger Mk 2 MBT and land it within its fording depth.
The ship also has four LCVP Mk 5 landing craft from FBM Babcock Marine, each of which can transport 35 men or two light trucks. The smaller LCVPs are carried on davits. When the ship is berthed, vehicles can also disembark through the side ports.
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325 and 320 troops or up to 650 troops in emergencies