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Special Auxiliaries

For special auxiliaries, Nordseewerke Emden is the competence centre of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems due to the long-lasting experience in combining merchant and naval shipbuilding technologies.



MHD 150: Amphibious and Sealift Capabilities – Challenges for global engaged Navies

The December 2004 tsunami disaster and earthquakes on Sumatra shiffted focus to disaster relief and humanitarian assistance. One of the the challenges, which recently became therefore apprent to navies, is the capability to sealift and deploy vehicles, materials and personal in a short time and sizable number. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems developed the MHD 150 as a versatile and multi-functional systems for such military and civil purposes.

The Multi Role Helicopter Dock Ship’s general design is based on a dockship capable of carrying two LCUs or howercraft. Its vehicle deck has about 800 lane meters, an extended helicopter deck with five landing pads, a landing pad on the main deck aft and a hangar for 11 helicopters (NH90-type) with ample space for service and maintenance.

The MHD 150 can transport and support over 750 fully equipped troops and their vehicles and armament. The amphibious units are either of LCU type MK10 or a LCAC hovercraft type and two type MK6 landing craft mechanised LCM(T) wich are stowed in a recess, port and starboard, on Deck 01. Further ample space in/for Hospital is availiable.

Main Specification:

Length over all 182,00 m
Length in waterline 174,00 m
Beam 26,50 m
Depth to main deck 16,85 m
Design draught 6,00 m
Displacement (full load) 15,000 t
Propulsion plant 2 x 11MW
Speed max. 22 kts
Range 8,000 nm / 16,5 kts
Complement 142 Crew / 776 Troops


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Does anyone knows if this project has any future or it's just one more idea?

In Portugal there are talks that perhaps this project or a similar one could be adopted for the future LPD, planned since 2000 and whose construction has been constantly delayed....could it replace the original "Rotterdam"-similar that was supposed to be built for the Portuguese Navy