Kandanos 1952
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp. | Fate |
Κάνδανος [Kandanos] (ex-LCT587) | AB201, 1961- L183 | Stockton, Thornaby, UK | 1.1943 | 23.3.1943 | 4.1943 // 3.1946 | stricken 1963 | |
Σοφάδες [Sofades] (ex-LCT594) | AB202, 1961- L184 | Fairfield, Chepstow, UK | 1943 | 1943 // 3.1946 | stricken 1963 | ||
Βραχνί [Vraghni] (ex-LCT607) | UK | 1942 | 19.12.1942 | 1943 // 9.1945 | to UK 1953 | ||
Μαλακάσι [Malakassi] (ex-LCT619) | UK | 24.12.1942 | 1943 // 9.1945 | to UK 1953 | |||
Παλαιοχώρι [Palaiochori] (ex-LCT620) | UK | 7.1.1943 | 1943 // 9.1945 | to UK 1953 | |||
Κομένο [Komeno] (ex-LCT625) | UK | 2.2.1943 | 1943 // 9.1945 | to UK 1953 | |||
Κύθηρα [Kithera] (ex-LCT1198) | L198, 1961- L185 | UK | 1944 | 1944 // 9.1946 | stricken 2008 | ||
Σέριφος [Serifos] (ex-LCT1227) | AB246, 1961- L186 | UK | 1944 | 1944 // 3.1946 | stricken 1963 | ||
Ανάφη [Anafi] (ex-LCT1293) | AB258, 1961- L187 | UK | 19.3.1944 | 1944 // 3.1946 | stricken 1963 | ||
Θήρα [Thira] (ex-LCT1297) | AB260, 1961- L188 | UK | 31.8.1944 | 1944 // 10.1946 | stricken 1963 | ||
Μήλος [Milos] (ex-LCT1300) | AB261, 1961- L189 | UK | 15.10.1944 | 1944 // 9.1946 | stricken 2008 | ||
Αμοργός [Amorgas] (ex-LCT1301) | AB263, 1961- L190 | UK | 29.10.1944 | 1944 // 3.1946 | stricken 1963 |
Displacement standard, t |
350 |
Displacement full, t |
640 |
Length, m |
57.1 |
Breadth, m |
11.8 |
Draught, m |
1.36 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Paxman diesels |
Power, h. p. |
920 |
Max speed, kts |
10 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 51 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1100(8) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV 1946: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III |
Military load |
6 40t or 9 30t tanks or 200 troops or 350 t cargo |
Complement |
12 |
Project history: British-built LCT(4)-type tank landing crafts.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Kythera and Milos since 1960s served as personnel transports.
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