Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/November 23

HMAS Tobruk in 2008

The second HMAS Tobruk was a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy, based on the design of the "Sir" class of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Tobruk was the first purpose built amphibious vessel in the RAN, and was designed as a multi-purpose, ro-ro heavy lift and transport vessel. The ship could be loaded via ramps at both the bow and stern, and be purposely beached. Tobruk could carry up to eighteen Leopard 1 MBTs and 40 APCs and had a standard capacity of 300 troops, with an overload capacity of 520. Tobruk was actively deployed to a number of combat zones, including Somalia in 1991. It was decomissioned in 2015 and sunk as a dive wreck three years later.