AB1050 landing craft (1967-1972)
LCM(8)
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Coconut Queen | AB1050 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
Seahorse II | AB1051 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
AB1052 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | stricken 7.1993 | ||||
Sea Widow | AB1053 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
AB1054 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | sold 1984 | ||||
Midnight Sun | AB1055 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
Charlie Brown | AB1056 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
AB1057 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | to Tonga 1982 (Late) | ||||
ANZAC Cove | AB1058 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
Snoopy | AB1059 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
The Wanderer | AB1060 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
Northern Warrior | AB1061 | North Queensland Engineers, Cairns | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
Ocean Marie | AB1062 | Dillingham SY, Fremantle | 1972 | in service (2019) | |||
Ice Fire | AB1063 | Dillingham SY, Fremantle | 1972 | in service (2019) | |||
Sea Trojan | AB1064 | Dillingham SY, Fremantle | 1972 | in service (2019) | |||
Viking Sun | AB1065 | Dillingham SY, Fremantle | 1972 | in service (2019) | |||
Hastings | AB1066 | Dillingham SY, Fremantle | 1972 | in service (2019) | |||
Charisma | AB1067 | Dillingham SY, Fremantle | 1972 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
34 |
Displacement full, t |
116 |
Length, m |
22.7 |
Breadth, m |
6.41 |
Draught, m |
1.37 mean |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 12V71 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
680 |
Max speed, kts |
12 (9 loaded) |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
AB1050-1061: 230(10) AB1062-1067: 290(10) |
Armament |
none |
Military load |
55 t of cargo or 2 vehicles |
Complement |
3 |
Project history: Landing craft, mechanized (LCM), built for Army Corps of Engineers. Partly based ashore.
Modernizations: 1998-1999, all survived: diesels were replaced by 2 General Motors 8V92 (720hp, 12kts)
Naval service: No significant events.
AB1051 2000
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