The 2020 Singapore Airlines Exhibition opened. Singapore’s ST Engineering Company launched a 170-meter-long, 19,000-ton Endurance-170 helicopter dock landing ship based on Endurance-140/160 (Endurance 140/160) series products, which became the highlight of the booth. This design, which is similar to a light aircraft carrier, has brought new options for three-dimensional power transmission and projection for more small navies.
This type of ship has a stylish appearance and is quite romantic in the design of a French ship. The design of the bow is similar to the Japanese Osumi-type amphibious transport ship. The Singapore Navy has benefited from the successful reputation of the Endurance-class landing ship and has launched a number of export models on this basis. The Endurance class tank landing ship is a large tank landing ship under the Singapore Navy, with a full load displacement of 8,500 tons. It was built by Singapore Maritime, a total of four ships, built and delivered between 1998 and 2001.
On November 11, 2008, Thailand and Singapore Maritime signed a contract for a Endurance-class export model. In 2010, the second ship was purchased with a total value of approximately US$300 million. The bow door of the prototype ship was cancelled in the design and completely relied on the dock. The cabin landing craft landed, and Thailand named it the Antong class dock landing craft. It is this successful export that made Singapore feel more confident. On this basis, it launched this helicopter dock landing ship, hoping to gain the favor of Southeast Asian countries again.
From the perspective of transport capability, the ship is still very competent. The large deck has 5 helicopter take-off and landing points. This is already a strong transport and delivery capability for small and medium-sized navies. If it is modified in the future, It may not be a problem to take off and land the F-35B. In fact, the emergence of this type of product has invisibly become a direct competitor to China’s foreign trade amphibious assault ships. Z2z
China’s ship trade has exhibited the direct deck amphibious assault ship at the International Defense Exhibition in recent years. The tonnage, aircraft capacity and armament are similar to Singapore’s plan. It can be seen that both want to seize the same market. Now Egypt, Algeria and other countries in North Africa have purchased such amphibious assault ships, which also shows that such ships are in the international market. Singapore’s construction technology is not bad in the market’s popularity. If we want to increase our competitiveness, we must start more from the aspect of cost performance. Judging from the Thai Navy’s order of China’s 071E dock landing ship last year, perhaps China’s price-performance ratio is more recognized by customers,
