THINKING INSIDE THE BOX - DEVELOPMENT OF A MONOHULL FAST LANDING CRAFT

摘要

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to replace the existing Mk10 landing craft with a fleet of new FastrnLanding Craft (FLC) capable of over-the-horizon surface assault. Challenging dimensional constraints governed by thernrequirement to operate from within existing UK amphibious support vessels, coupled with the high speed and heavyrnpayload requirements necessitates an innovative solution. Furthermore, the craft must exhibit excellent beach stability tornensure that landing force capability can be off-loaded safely.rnFollowing a detailed study of potential hullform solutions covering a range of basic and advanced forms, BMT hasrnidentified a novel monohull form as a potential candidate for future FLC technology. An extensive research andrndevelopment (R&D) program has been conducted to assess the performance of three monohull variants, each exhibitingrnvarying degrees of beach stability. The results have confirmed that a novel monohull form with inherent beach stabilityrncan meet the demanding performance requirements with reasonable levels of installed power.rnThis paper describes the design development and testing of the monohull FLC, and demonstrates how relatively simplernmonohull technology can be optimised to offer a novel solution by ‘thinking inside the box’.