Beluga (EADS TOCB-12M Landing Barge)

Several large camouflaged landing barges with tall raised corner fins stand in a row along a sandy airfield under a blue sky, cliffs in the distance.
A line of big landing barges at Richthofen Flight Station, New Shawbury, Athena.
Primary SupplierEADS
DesignationTrans Orbital Cargo Barge (TOCB) type 12M
RolePrimary EUA landing barge A Littorio class Star Carrier carries a complement of 56 Beluga’s.
Cargo Capacity12,000 tonnes
240 standard containers
180 high containers
496 20′ containers (payload limited)
27 autotrucks loaded with max six high containers each (162 high containers) plus upto five Asturcons convoy lead vehicles.

Prefabs upto 2 container units wide and three high can be transported on autotrucks.
Length104.7 m
Width67.7 m
Height29.2 m
Mass empty2,000 tonnes
Max Payload12,000 tonnes
Max Take Off14,000 tonnes
Cargo Bay Area2,310 square meters
Cargo Bay Volume30,800 cubic meters of which 25,600 cubic meter effective
CrewTwo pilots, four loadmasters, living quarters for up to twenty crew.
Hold11.1 m high, widening from 27.9 m to 42.9 m; bow and two stern ramps.
DrivesFour EM drives in the corner bulges.
EnergyLH2, Fuel Cells, Batteries, hydrogen gas turbines (9x), two GT-MHR reactors ~20MW total.
Speed in atmosphereUp to Mach 0.85; climbing at 15 m/s
Speed in spaceNo top speed
Point Defence ArmamentTwelve 30 mm L70 gatlings in ball mounts, in pairs: nose, rear, belly (four) and fins (four)

108 km/h (30 m/s) manoeuvring,

Technical drawings

Perspective drawing of the big landing barge seen from ahead and off its left side.
Big landing barge: three-quarter front view.