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	Naval Technology - Bay Class Auxiliary Ship Alternative Landing Ship Logistic (ALSL)
		RFA Largs Bay (L3006) was launched in July 2003 at Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd's Wallsend yard.
		RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) and RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) are being built at BAE Systems Govan shipyard.
		RFA Mounts Bay was launched in April 2004 at Govan.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/bay_class (914 words)

	RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) is a amphibious assault vessel of the (additional info and facts about Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		It was launched at (additional info and facts about BAE Systems) BAE Systems shipyard in (additional info and facts about Govan) Govan, (Largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world) Glasgow on April 9 2004.
		It sustained minor damage from a collision during the launch, which could be why the shipyard felt they had to be extremely careful with the launch of her sister ship (additional info and facts about RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009)) RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) the following year.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/rf/rfa_mounts_bay_(l3008)3.htm (124 words)

	Royal Navy
		Mounts Bay and Cardigan Bay will be built at BAE Systems Govan Yard on the Clyde and are due to enter service in 2005.
		The existing RFA Landing ships were designed to run up on a beach to discharge their cargo of men and vehicles.
		HMS Mounts Bay was built in Sunderland between 1944 and 1945 but was completed by Thorneycroft in 1949.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=2750 (476 words)

	Bay Class Alternative Landing Ship Logistics (ALSLs)
		Largs Bay is situated on the Firth of Clyde, west of Glasgow, while Lyme Bay runs between Weymouth and Exmouth on the South Coast.
		This capability was rarely used and additionally RFA Sir Geraint came close to sinking in 1998 when she started to take in water through her bow doors.
		Plans to rebuild RFA Sir Percivale and Sir Geriant along similar lines were abandoned and the decision to build new vessels was taken instead.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/bay.htm (1625 words)

	RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Twin spot flight deck with limited facilities to transport and operate Merlin, Chinook and V22 Osprey.
		RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) is a amphibious assault vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		It sustained minor damage from a collision during the launch, which could be why the shipyard felt they had to be extremely careful with the launch of her sister ship RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) the following year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RFA_Mounts_Bay (210 words)

	Shipping Intelligence - This Is The West Country archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RFA Oakleaf (23,328/81) arrived from Plymouth and anchored in the bay.
		RFA Argus A135 (26,421/81) sailed from the County Wharf for Plymouth.
		RFA Fort Victoria (28,821/93) moved from the Duchy Wharf into No. 2 dry-dock with the aid of all three Falmouth harbour tugs and Hallgarth.
	archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2004/04/29/17381.html (484 words)

	Further ALSLs Ordered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The contract is expected to sustain about 600 jobs at the shipyard and 200 more among contractors outside the region when construction is at its peak, and will help provide continuity in workload before construction of the Type 45 Destroyers gets underway in 2003.
		The two ships, which will be named RFA Mounts Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay, are the final two units of the Bay class.
		The first two vessels - RFA Largs Bay and RFA Lyme Bay - were ordered from Swan Hunter last year.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/News/19nov01.htm (168 words)

	Bay Class Large Amphibious Landing Ships Alternative Landing Ship Logistic [ALSL]
		These vessels will replace four of the current LSLs — RFAs Sir Geraint, Sir Percivale, Sir Tristram, which are over 30 years old, and RFA Sir Galahad - by 2005, and represent a marked increase in capability, especially in a near-doubling in the carrying capacity of each ship and through increased speed of offload.
		Current estimate of total procurement costs is around £300M for the design and build of the four vessels and we expect to place a contract by the end of this year.
		The future of RFA Sir Bedivere, which underwent a ship life extension program between 1995 and 1998, will be reviewed.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/alsl.htm (1088 words)

	Shipping Intelligence - This Is The West Country archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		British coastal tanker Galway Fisher (3,368/97) arrived in the bay for minor repairs escorted by the British salvage tug Anglian Princess (2,258/02).
		Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment vessel Fort Victoria A387 (28,821/93) arrived from the Clyde and anchored in the bay.
		RFA Wave Ruler A390 (23,294/02) arrived in Falmouth Bay and anchored.
	archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2004/01/22/21503.html (554 words)

	Frigates
		Frigates built for service during world war two, were laid down from 1941 to 1943, being completed between 1942 and 1944, These frigates were designed for use as Ocean Going escort Frigates with with anti submarine capabilities.
		Being better suited for the job than the "Flower Class Corvettes" Frigate classes were River Class, built in Britain, Canada and Australia and Loch Class, Bay Class, Captain Class.
		Bay Class Frigate HMS Mounts Bay, built by Pickersgill and launched 8th June 1945.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /frigates.htm (1214 words)

	Navy Matters \| LSD(A)
		The first (of 32) complete blocks for RFA Largs Bay were placed on the berth in May 2002, she will be launched in early 2003 and acceptance was scheduled for early 2004, later changed to mid/late 2005.
		However in December 2003 it was reported that Largs Bay and Lyme Bay - the two vessels being built on Tyneside - were up to a year behind schedule because of design problems and Swan Hunter has confirmed.
		The BAE Systems RFA Mounts Bay moved under own power in April 2005 and after a docking period and began sea trials in early September 2005.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /lsda.htm (3414 words)

	icNewcastle - Swans directors in accounts row (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The company was given an additional £84m towards the cost of the project in return for a "robust programme" of targets and changes to its management structure to keep the project on track.
		The Largs Bay will be completed in February but will undergo sea trials before being delivered to the Ministry of Defence in 2006.
		The Bay class ships - including the RFA Cardigan Bay and RFA Mounts Bay which are under construction at BAE Systems' yard on the Clyde - will be delivered in 2007.
	icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0500business/0100local/tm_objectid=15113261&method=full&siteid=50081&headline=swans-directors-in-accounts-row-name_page.html (678 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Landing ships contract is placed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The ships, to be called RFA Mounts Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay, are to be built by BEA Systems Marine at its Govan yard on the River Clyde in a contract worth around £120 million, sustaining around 800 shipyard and contractor jobs at its peak.
		The 16,160-ton vessels will be the third and fourth of the Bay class, which will be operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		The first two ships of the class, RFA Largs Bay and RFA Lyme Bay, are to be built by Swan Hunter at its Tyneside yard in Wallsend.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2001/0111/0001112001.asp (237 words)

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		According to reports she was seen passing Yarmouth NS heading into the Bay of Fundy, then she was seen later beyond Yarmouth, at that time the weather had turned into a real bad storm in the Bay of Fundy.
		The 16,160-ton Largs Bay, Lyme Bay, Mounts Bay and Cardigan Bay take over from Sirs Bedivere, Tristram, Percivale and Geraint — which have served on just about every amphibious operation since the late 1960s — plus Sir Galahad, which replaced the ship of the same name which was lost in the Falklands conflict.
		Construction of the Bay class is split between Swan Hunter — building 'Larger and Lyme' on the Tyne — and BAE Systems, constructing their two sisters on the Clyde 2005 - A U.S. Navy cargo ship named for Air Force Tech.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/08Apr.txt (1420 words)

	House of Commons Standing Committee (pt 1)
		Steelwork on the first ship, RFA Mounts Bay, began in January of last year, while work on the second, RFA Cardigan Bay, began last month.
		Work on the vessels is progressing well, and the company expects to have three large blocks of Mounts Bay on its slipway by the end of February 2003.
		Those Bay class vessels will significantly improve the ability of our armed forces to deploy rapidly and effectively worldwide.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmstand/scotg/st030212/30212s01.htm (1722 words)

	NAVAL NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RFA WAVE RULER returned to Portland on 8 March following a yearlong deployment to the Caribbean, which saw her involved in a series of successful “drug-busts” during counter-drug operations.
		The second of two LSD(A)s being built by BAE SYST EMS for the RFA, CARDIGAN BAY, is to be launched on 8 April.
		Her sister, MOUNTS BAY, was launched on 9 April 2004 and is ready for sea trials.
	www.rnzna.org.nz /naval_news.htm (781 words)

	Oil Tankers and Coaling Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RFA Fort Victoria at the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, June 2005.
		RFA Fort George at the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, June 2005.
		RFA Wave Commander, showing collision damage, September 1954.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /auxiliaries.htm (2584 words)

	Mounts Bay Sails by a Major Milestone : Naval Forces : Defence News : Defence Forum : Military Pictures - DefenceTalk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mounts Bay, constructed by BAE Systems Naval Ships at their yards on the Clyde has, after an intensive five-month period of fitting out, become the first of the class to leave the yard under its own power.
		For the trials Mounts Bay was crewed by a combination of BAE, Swan Hunter, RFA and MoD personnel under the captaincy of Captain Ross Ferris RFA.
		Although she is now in the waters of the Tyne, Lyme Bay was not 'launched' in the traditional sense.
	www.defencetalk.com /news/publish/article_003843.php (994 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - New landing ship starts to take shape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 950 tonne section is officially designated Block 3 of the seven that will form the hull of RFA Mounts Bay when the 16,000-tonne Landing Ship Logistic (LSL) is launched at the end of this year.
		Her sister RFA Cardigan Bay is also being built at the Govan yard, and it is expected that at the peak of the workload some 600 jobs will be sustained on the Clyde by these two ships.
		The two Bay-class vessels will join two further ships of the class, RFAs Largs Bay and Lyme Bay, which are being built by Swan Hunter on the Tyne.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2003/0302/0003022401.asp (294 words)

	Preview - January 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Two of the ships, RFA Largs Bay and RFA Lyme Bay, are being constructed be Swan Hunter in Tyneside and another two RFA Mounts Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay, by BAE Systems Marine in Govan.
		Capable of operating from over the horizon and well away from the hostile shoreline, they will be able to deploy a landing force by both air and surface transport.
		Although they will be replacing the ageing RFA Landing Ships Logistic - Sir Percivale, Sir Bedivere, Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad - the new ships, each weighing in at more than 16,000 tonnes, are much larger and more versatile than their predecessors.
	www.mod.uk /dpa/news/preview_jan03.htm (751 words)

	RFA Maine - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation RFA Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RFA Maine - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation RFA Maine.
		Here you will find more informations about RFA Maine.
		The orginal RFA Maine article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/RFA-Maine.html (76 words)

	When launches really go wrong
		Last year the launch of RFA MOUNTS BAY hit the headlines, but for all that you may have read in some newspapers, the accident when she hit off the opposite quay wall was nothing more than a 'dunt'.
		All in all, it was a fairly minor incident, resulting in a bit of the quay wall having a chunk out of it, and bit of a bash to the corner of MOUNTS BAY's rump.
		Given the sheer numbers of vessels that have slid down the ways over the past couple of hundred years, you would be forgiven for thinking that there must, by the law of averages, have been many disastrous launches.
	www.clydesite.co.uk /articles/bad_launches.asp (1602 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - NEW LANDING SUPPORT SHIP SAILS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After five months of intensive fitting out at BAE Systems’ yard at Govan, Mounts spent ten days in Scottish waters conducting tests to ensure her basic systems were working under Capt Ross Ferris RFA.
		Four Bay class ships are due to enter service with the RFA in coming months, replacing the aged ‘Knights of the Round Table’.
		BAE on the Clyde is building Mounts and Cardigan Bays, Swan Hunter in Wallsend ‘Lager and Lime’ – Largs and Lyme Bays.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2005/0511/0005110901.asp (253 words)

	Defence Procurement: 16 Jun 2004: Westminster Hall debates (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The MOD's job is to deliver the equipment that enables the armed forces to mount rapid and sustainable expeditionary operations.
		Friend at the launch of one of those ships, the RFA Mounts Bay, in Glasgow only a few months ago.
		It was encouraging to see that the next ship of class, the RFA Cardigan Bay, was on the stocks on the Clyde, and that ship will be launched in due course.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /whall?id=2004-06-16.205.1 (11350 words)

	Hamworthy - Hamworthy KSE Lands ALSL Pump Contract
		April 2002 saw Hamworthy KSE delivering sophisticated sewage treatment plants to the Swan Hunter yard for the first of two landing ships to be constructed there — RFA Lyme Bay and RFA Largs Bay.
		Further orders have been received for sewage treatment plant for the next two vessels in the series, RFA Mounts Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay, to be constructed by BAE Systems (Govan) Ltd. and scheduled to be in service by 2005.
		Subsequently, Hamworthy KSE has received an order valued at £320 000 for pumping systems for all four Bay Class vessels, covering the full spectrum of engine room duties.
	www.hamworthy.com /newsevents/news.asp?strAreaNo=21_1&intelement=896 (258 words)

	icNewcastle - Fresh hopes for Swan Hunter jobs
		Swan Hunter is facing a potential two-year gap with no orders from 2006, when work is expected to finish on the second of the £240m landing ships, the Lyme Bay.
		However, budget constraints held back plans for a new "Joint Casualty Receiving Ship" project, which was expected to have up to eight operating tables and 150 beds, compared to the two theatres and 90 beds on the existing RFA Argus.
		The Government gave a £140m contract to build two naval vessels - the Cardigan Bay and Mounts Bay - to BAE Systems at Govan, Scotland, to keep the yard working.
	icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/thejournal/tm_objectid=15400994&method=full&siteid=50081&page=1&headline=fresh-hopes-for-swan-hunter-jobs-name_page.html (590 words)

	Scotland Office - Our communications - Press Releases
		The ALSLs will be named RFA Mounts Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay.
		The ships are expected to enter service in 2005 and will replace the ageing landing ships RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
		The award of the contract was announced on 26 October 2000.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /our-communications/release.php?id=3136 (310 words)

	News March 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		GRANUAILE was working at the Codling lanby during the week, She came into the bay to land some personnel at the south quay by tender, before she departed north.
		The vessel’s position was given as approximately 2 miles offshore on the west side of Wigtown Bay, southwest Scotland.
		By 07.45, Falmouth Coastguard were informed by the merchant vessel FASTWILL that she had located a life raft 1 mile off The Lizard and the Rescue helicopter from Culdrose was requested to attend and was on scene within minutes.
	www.irishseashipping.co.uk /news/2004/03_2004/032004.htm (9804 words)

	Wavemaker - The Official Newsletter Of The SACN
		The RFA have a fiercesome reputation for defending the rights of anglers and the marine environment, and for bringing together the voice of anglers, and the companies dependent on angling revenues, to make an effective political fighting machine.
		European angling organisations cannot help but be envious of the way in which the RFA have mobilised American anglers to come out fighting, and of the war-chest of dollars and expertise they have amassed.
		A remote Irish farmhouse close to Lough Currane and Ballinskelligs Bay already attracts tourist anglers, with hopes of sea trout, salmon and bass, from Europe and as far away as Australia and the U.S, such is the global appeal of catching wild game fish.
	anglersnet.co.uk /sacn/wavemaker04.htm (9589 words)

	New Vessels: 4 Nov 2003: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A total of 12 vessels—three Astute submarines, six Type 45 destroyers and three Bay Class Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) (LSD(A))—have passed Main Gate approval but have not yet been launched.
		The Astute submarines are to be called HMS Astute, HMS Ambush and HMS Artful.
		The T45s will be called HMS Daring, HMS Dauntless, HMS Diamond, HMS Dragon, HMS Defender and HMS Duncan, and the LSD(A)s RFA Lyme Bay, RFA Mounts Bay and RFA Cardigan Bay.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2003-11-04.135411.h (161 words)

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