Sunset for the Royal Marines? The Royal Marines and UK amphibious capability Contents
Annex 1: Comparative figures on amphibious vessels
Vessels building or planned are indicated in parentheses.
|
LPD |
LPH / LHD |
LSD |
LST |
|
|
UK |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
USA |
10 (2) |
9 (2) |
12 (2) |
0 |
|
Russia |
0 |
(1) |
0 |
19(1) |
|
China |
5 (2) |
(1) |
0 |
29 |
|
France |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
Australia |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
India |
1 |
(4) |
0 |
9 |
|
Japan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
S Korea |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Italy |
1 |
2(1) |
0 |
0 |
|
Egypt |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Turkey |
(1) |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Sources: The Military Balance 2017, International Institute for Strategic Studies, with additional information from footnote sources from the ‘International amphibious capability’ section of chapter 6.
Key:
|
LPD — Landing Platform Dock LPH/LHD — Landing Platform Helicopter / Landing Helicopter Dock LSD — Landing Ship Dock LST — Landing Ship Tank |
For a full description of these classes of vessel, see page 20, Box 1.
1 February 2018