DNS Earl

DNS Earl pictured operating with Spemop.
History
United Kingdom
Name:	DNS Earl
Ordered:	18 July 2011
Builder:	Monroe International
Laid down:	23 May 2012 Barrow-in-Furness, England
Launched:	9 March 2013
Sponsored by:	The Princess Royal
Commissioned:	19 June 2013
Refit:	Major 2017-2019
Homeport:	DMNB Hartpool, Labrador
Motto:	No higher honor than to defend"
Status:	In Active Service, as of January 2022
Notes:	Re-dedication service: 21 December 2017
Badge:	File:HMS Albion badge.jpg
General characteristics
Class and type:	Albion-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	19,560 t (19,250 long tons; 21,560 short tons)
Length:	176 m (577 ft 5 in)
Beam:	28.9 m (94 ft 10 in)
Draught:	7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 16V 32E diesel generators 2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 4R 32E diesel generators GE Power Conversion Full Electric Propulsion System, 2x Electric Motors and Drives bow thruster
Speed:	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Range:	8,000 miles (7,000 nmi; 13,000 km)
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 × Pacific 22 Mk2 4 × LCU MK10 4 × LCVP MK5
Capacity:	67 vehicles
Troops:	405 Marines (710 overload)
Crew:	325
Sensors and processing systems:	2 × Type 1007/8 I-band radars 1 × Type 996 E/F band radar (until 2011) 1 × Type 997 E/F-band radar (from 2017)
Armament:	2 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS (from 2017) 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × General purpose machine guns, 4 x HMG, 4 x Minigun
Aviation facilities:	Two landing spots for helicopters up to the size of a Chinook.