Point-class sealift ship

	MV Longstone
Class overview
Name	Point class
Builders	Flensburger Schiffbau (4 ships); Harland & Wolff, Belfast (2 ships);
Operators	Foreland Shipping Ltd (formerly AWSR Ltd)
In service	2002–present
Completed	6
Active	4 under contract with the MoD
General characteristics
Type	Roll-on/roll-off
Tonnage	14,200 DWT
Displacement	23,000 tonnes full load
Length	193.0 m (633 ft 2 in)
Beam	26.0 m (85 ft 4 in)
Draught	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × MaK 94M43 diesel engines; 21,700 hp (16,182 kW); 2 propellers; Bow thruster;
Speed	21.5 kn (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Range	17,000 km (9,200 nmi)
Capacity	2,650 linear metres of space for vehicles; 130 armoured vehicles and 60 trucks and ammunition or 8,000 tonnes of vehicles;
Crew	18–22
Sensors and ; processing systems	I-band navigation radar
Aviation facilities	Can carry up to four helicopters including Chinook, Apache, Merlin and Wildcat.
Notes	Sourced from Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009, p. 876

The Point class is a class of six roll-on/roll-off sealift ships originally procured under a Private Finance Initiative to be available for use as naval auxiliaries to the British armed forces. Two of the ships have now been released from the contract, leaving four available for service with the military.

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