Damen Shipyards Group has launched the NRP D. João II a Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) 10720 for the Portuguese Navy. The vessel entered the water at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on April 7.
We have talked about this unique design earlier. Specs for the ship are here.
The flight deck and offset superstructure make it look a bit like an aircraft carrier, but it is much smaller, smaller even than the escort carriers of WWII. The Damen designation 10720 reflects the length 107.6 m (353 ft 0 in) and beam 20 m (65 ft 7 in).
She is slow (15 knots) and has a small crew (48), but I find these ships very interesting because we see efforts to incorporate unmanned systems in new designs, but no one else has gone so far in the design of a new ship.
She has the capacity to take on board containers and even the flight deck could take on additional containers.
I have included some photos found on Facebook.
Source for the photos was https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1392430092926119&set=pcb.1392430426259419.
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