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Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Turku New

Shipyard. Umm Al Ashtan will be delivered to its owner next month.

The first vessel, Mubaraz, was delivered in January 1996, fol- lowed by the second ship, Mrawek, in June, and the thircL Ai^Jamra, which was dgliyer^^h* January. telWledly been tlV^pyKttlfLNG from

Liquefication !o Tokyo Electric Power

Company in Japan, and are oper- ated by National Gas Shipping

Company.

Umm Al Ashtan main particulars

Length, o.a 951.4 ft. (290 m)

Breadth 158 ft. (48.1 m)

Design draft 37 ft. (1.3 m)

DWT 72,950

Service speed 19.5 knots

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VT Launches Sixth Sandown

Minehunter For British Navy

U.K naval shipbuilder Vosper

Thornycroft (VT) has launched the first of a new batch of Sandown class minehunters for the Royal

Navy at the company's

Southampton shipyard.

HMS Penzance is the sixth vessel of its class for the Royal Navy, and the first of seven VT will build over the next four years.

The Royal Navy will ultimately have a fleet of 13 Hunt class and 12 Sandown class mine counter- measure ships, with 23 of the ves- sels built by VT. "The Hunt class was the envy of navies around the world with its distinguished service in the Gulf conflict, and the Sandown class is equally regarded as one of the

Ingalis Launches Two LHDs

The 40,000-ton WASP class, multi-purpose amphibious assault ship Battan (LHD 5) was placed in drydock at Ingalis

Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., following successful trials.

After the vessel was relaunched, a second WASP class vessel,

BonHomme Richard (LHD 6), was translated to the drydock and launched on March 14.

LHD 6 will be christened on May 17. Battan will be com- missioned at Inlallsttn Aipt*«Bfcer.| » _

Ingalls-built LyDaseiy prinfc^lyfys fhe|entj*p?Ne of an

Amphibious Readylpr£^| (1SG)V^nspaA!prfdepUying, commanding and su^orang allelements of afJamH^anding

Force in assault by air and amphibious craft. Ingalis was also contracted by the Navy to build seven of these ships, four of which are already in service.

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