British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88
The British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88 is a medium size hovercraft.
As a civil passenger hovercraft it can seat up to 101 passengers. Two examples are used in the UK by Hovertravel on a route from Southsea in Hampshire to Ryde on the Isle of Wight.[1] The AP1-88 has also run on a service from Sweden to Denmark.
As a troop carrier it can transport up to 90 troops. As a military logistics vessel it can carry two Land Rovers, a Bv202 tracked vehicle and trailer unit or about 10 tons (10,000 kg) of stores.
Canada
The AP1-88 is used in two versions by the Canadian Coast Guard. In the mid 1990s two AP1-88s, the AP1-88/200 and AP1-88/400, were ordered from GKN Westland Aerospace; the contract being awarded in 1996. The craft were built at Hike Metal Products in Wheatley, Ontario. The two 400 series were completed in August and December 1998.
- CCGS Waban-Aki, AP1-88/200
- CCGS Sipu Muin, AP1-88/400
- CCGS Siyay, AP1-88/400
Specifications
- Type 200
- Designer / Manufacturer: Westland Aerospace
- Crew 3
- Dimensions
- Length 24.5 metres
- Width 11.2 metres
- Height (on cushion) 6.6 metres
- Full load displacement 47.6 tons
- Propulsion
- Motor: diesel engines
- Power: 4 Deutz AG diesel engines 600 horsepower for lift and propulsion
- Propellers: 2 three-bladed variable-pitch propellers
- Performance
- Speed 50 knots
- Military Lift: 12 tons of equipment
- Weapons
- None
- Type 400
- Designer / Manufacturer: Westland Aerospace
- Crew 4
- Dimensions
- Length 28.5 metres
- Width 12 metres
- Height (on cushion)12 metres
- full load displacement 69 tons
- Propulsion
- Motor: diesel engines
- Power: 4 Caterpillar Inc. 3412 TTA diesel engines 912 horsepower for lift and propulsion
- Propellers: 2 three-bladed variable-pitch propellers
- Performance
- Speed 50 knots
- Military Lift: 22.6 tons of equipment
- Weapons
- None
References
- ↑ Magazine, Justin Parkinson BBC News. "What happened to passenger hovercraft?". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- Saunders, Stephen (RN) Jane's Fighting Ships 2003-2004 ISBN 0-7106-2546-4
- British Hovercraft Trust: AP1-88
- Bartie's Hovercraft: AP1-88