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Landing Platform Docks

HMS ALBION and HMS BULWARK


First HV & Full Electric Propulsion for the RN

The Albion Class Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) primary role is to


embark, transport, deploy and recover troops, their equipment
and vehicles by air and sea, and form part of the Amphibious
Assault Capability for the Royal Navy. These large ships are the
first full electric propulsion vessels built for the Royal Navy,
and at the same time with a distribution system at 6600V
they are the first high voltage ships in the Fleet.

Shortly after the main ship award in


1995, Converteam were awarded the
power and propulsion system contract,
including the prime movers, by Vickers
Shipbuilding in Barrow, now part of BAE
Systems. The architecture offered was
similar to commercial Converteam
designs for offshore vessels. Although
having a different shaftline and prime
mover arrangement, it used the same
equipment and technology as the
system for the Auxiliary Oilers,
a contract which ran in parallel.

Converteam set up a common team for


the Landing Platform Dock (LPDs) and
Auxiliary Oilers (AOs) in Rugby which
struck up a close working relationship
The Albion Class vessels are the first with the shipyard team which continued
Key Facts all electric ships built for the Navy in all phases of the job, including placing
OPERATOR Royal Navy replacing HMS Fearless and HMS Converteam personnel in the design
SHIPYARD BAE Systems Intrepid, the last steam powered ships team up at Barrow for periods of time.
IN SERVICE 2003 in the fleet, built in the early 1960s Converteam were the power and
and veterans of the Falklands conflict. propulsion contractor responsible for the
LENGTH 176M
whole HV system. The single line diagram
DISPLACEMENT 18500T Converteam were involved throughout
Complete Power and Propulsion the project from the early stages of studies,
through design, build and commissioning
3 x 6.6kV MV Switchboards and into after sales service.
2 x 6.25MWe Generators
2 x Wartsila 16V32E Diesels These long awaited replacements were
2 x 1.5MWe Generators initially designed for mechanical
2 x Wartilsa 4R32E Diesels propulsion, but part way through the
design process, the decision was made
2 x 6.6kV/440V Ship Services Tx
to adopt full electric propulsion.
2 x 6MW LCI Main Propulsion
2 x Conventional shaftlines Converteam worked with the shipyard to
12 Pulse Transformer Fed provide an Electric Propulsion system that
2 x Harmonic Filters would fit within the existing mechanical Main Propulsion Drive
1 x 6.6kV DOL Bow Thruster hull design and this became the
baseline proposal.
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Power and Propulsion Single Line Diagram

First RN HV equipment at sea

shows the system, with two main and this ship for the Royal Navy: the first compared the previous LPDs, with the
two auxiliary generators, three 6.6kV Full Electric Ship, the first High Voltage overall ships company reduced through
high voltage switchboards, fwd, mid and at sea, and the first adoption of a this and other new technologies by

© Converteam 2007. Publication GB.7004.gb.09.07.01. Converteam, the Converteam logo and any alternative version thereof are trademarks and service marks of Converteam.
aft. The large Generators and propulsion modified commercial electric drive around 40% from the previous class
feeds are split across the mid and aft system for an RN vessel. Military for a considerably larger and more
boards, with the forward board modification to the commercial capable ship.
containing the two main auxiliary equipment was principally in areas
diesel generators and one of the large of shock and quality of power supply.
ship services transformers.
HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark were
The slightly unusual arrangement of two both built at Barrow with HMS Albion
large and two small diesel engines, given a royal dynamic launch in March Converteam UK Ltd
compared with four plus one on the AOs 2001 by HRH Princess Anne and HMS Boughton Rd, Rugby
for example, was fundamentally driven Bulwark following in November of the
The other names mentioned, registered or not, are the property of their respective companies.

Warwickshire CV21 1BU


by the change from mechanical to same year. United Kingdom
electric propulsion, with the two main Tel: +44 (0)1788 563563
sets replacing the direct drive propulsion Converteam undertook all the power Fax: +44 (0)1788 560767
diesels, and the two auxiliary sets and propulsion plant commissioning [email protected]
replacing the small ship services engines. and attended the first of class sea trials
This can clearly be seen in the final on Albion in December 2002 and France Tel: +33 1 64 53 83 00
machinery layout where main engines Bulwark in May 2004. Germany Tel: +49 30 76 22 0
and propulsion motors are co-located USA Tel: +1 412 967 0765
at the ends of the propulsion shafts. The electric propulsion system reduces Brazil Tel: +55 31 3330 5800
From a power and propulsion the number of marine engineering China Tel: +86 21 6442 1666
perspective, there are many firsts on personnel by nearly two thirds India Tel: +91 44 2440 0900

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