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L9061 tank landing craft (1946 / 1965)

L9061 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
LCT9061 (ex-Buttress, ex-LCT4099) L9061   Fairfield, Chepstow, UK   1945 1946 // 7.1965 to Comoros 1976

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

810

Length, m

68.6

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

1.45 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

1760

Max speed, kts

11.9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 102700 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3

Electronic equipment presumably radar
Capacity

8 30t tanks, 42 troops

Complement

13

Project history: Former RN LCT(8) landing craft, bought by French Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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