THE Royal Navy of the United Kingdom’s largest warship — the HMS Ocean — docked in Penang for the first time recently.
The impressive 203.4m-long, 14-deck ship anchored at the Butterworth Wharf for a seven-day operational stand-down on June 16.
“The reason for this is because we have a huge amount of space to put things and are able to carry large numbers of troops and helicopters,” Captain Kings, 44, told reporters in an interview.
“The ship is an amphibious warfare helicopter carrier. ‘Amphibious’ means we are equipped to fight from sea to land.
“So in the event of an attack, Ocean would carry the troops in and fly them to shore by helicopter,” he said.
The HMS Ocean is also fully equipped with the most advanced medical facilities, with a full hospital, operating room, a 12-bed ward not including two high dependency beds and three doctors in tow.
The 820 Squadron has about 150 engineers and 50 aircrew officers on the warship.
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