General Characteristics
- Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
- Power Plant: 2 × MAN Diesel 12V 32/40 diesel-engines, 5,340 kW each; 2 reduction gears, 2 controllable pitch four-bladed propellers, 1 bow thruster
- Length: 173.7 m (569 ft 11 in)
- Beam: 24 m (78 ft 9 in)
- Displacement: 20,240 tonnes
- Capacity: 9330 tonnes of fuel oil, aviation fuel and fresh water
- Cargo space: 550 tonnes mixed cargo
- Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
- Aircraft: 2 × Sea King or MH90 helicopters
- Armament: 4 × MLG 27 mm autocannons, Stinger surface to air missile (MANPADS),
- Crew: 139 (+ 94), plus hospital capacity of 43 patients
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