AB Los Roques (T-93)

	Sister ship Los Frailes
History
Venezuela
History
General characteristics

Los Roques (T-93AB) is the third of four Damen Stan Lander 5612 landing crafts Venezuela ordered from Dutch shipbuilding firm the Damen Group, for the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela.^[1]^[2] They were built in one of Damen's shipyards in Cuba. Her sister ships are the , , .

They were designed for a crew of 16.^[1] This class of vessel is designed to carry vehicles, or standard sized shipping containers. They carry a large crane for handling deck cargo, like shipping containers. Operators can prepare a special set of containers which can be transported to set up various kinds of temporary facilities.^[3] The Royal Bahamas Defence Force had a special set of containers containing a portable hospital, so it lander, the HMBS Lawrence Major could provide disaster relief.

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^ ^a ^b "Damen Stan Lander 5612 Logistic Support Vessel". . Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019. Stan Lander 5612 has been ordered by the naval forces of Bolivia, Bahamas, Venezuela, and Panama. The first four ships in the class were assembled at the Damex shipyard in Cuba for the Venezuelan Navy.
^ "Damen construye ocho buques Stan Lander 5612 para la Armada venezolana" [Damen Stan Lander eight ship built for the Venezuelan Navy 5612]. . June 18, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
^ Sanjay Badri-Maharaj (November 30, 2016). "The Royal Bahamas Defence Force: Poised for Capability Growth". Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019. The acquisition of the Damen Stan Lander is of particular note as its primary function is to assist in disaster relief operations and to this end, comes with containerised disaster relief packages which includes a 17-piece mobile base – locally termed the "Mobile Base City". These resources were deployed to assist the community of North Andros which suffered significant damage from Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.

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[naval-technology-1] "Damen Stan Lander 5612 Logistic Support Vessel". . Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019. Stan Lander 5612 has been ordered by the naval forces of Bolivia, Bahamas, Venezuela, and Panama. The first four ships in the class were assembled at the Damex shipyard in Cuba for the Venezuelan Navy.

[Infodensa2015-06-18-2] "Damen construye ocho buques Stan Lander 5612 para la Armada venezolana" [Damen Stan Lander eight ship built for the Venezuelan Navy 5612]. . June 18, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.

[Idsa2016-11-30-3] Sanjay Badri-Maharaj (November 30, 2016). "The Royal Bahamas Defence Force: Poised for Capability Growth". Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019. The acquisition of the Damen Stan Lander is of particular note as its primary function is to assist in disaster relief operations and to this end, comes with containerised disaster relief packages which includes a 17-piece mobile base – locally termed the "Mobile Base City". These resources were deployed to assist the community of North Andros which suffered significant damage from Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.

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History
Sister ship Los Frailes
Venezuela
History

General characteristics