Juan Carlos L61

Amphibious assault ship multi-tasking - Spanish industry

Primarily used Khamlh aircraft and secondly as a ship landing assault


In actual service active since 2011



Construction cost : $ 600 million

Weight: 27 tons - Length: 230 m - Width: 32 m

Speed: 39 km \ h - Range: 17 thousand km

Accommodate four boats down a quick LCM - 1E



Carry 900 combat troops from the Marines in full armament



Number of crew : 1,400


Carry 46 heavy tank field



Reinforcement : four 20 mm cannons

Reinforcement : four 12.7 mm machine guns



Carrying 30 fighter plane, the Harrier 2 and the fifth generation F35 Lightning



Hovercraft carry 22 Sea King helicopters and four heavy Chinook CH47



For the first time in the Spanish navy ship using diesel and electricity one time in the payment process

Turkey asked for the hand of Juan Carlos