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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

MAGAR tank landing ship (1945/1951)

Magar 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
मगर [Magar] (ex-Avenger, ex-LST3011) L3011, 1975- L11   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 8.1944 12.2.1945 8.1945 // 1951 BU 1988

 

Displacement standard, t

2300 light

Displacement full, t

4980

Length, m

105.9

Breadth, m

16.8

Draught, m

3.79 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

oil 1400

Endurance, nm(kts) 8000(11)

Armament

2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3

Military load 5 LCA, 1 LCT(6), 15 40t or 20 25t tanks, 14 3t trucks, 170 troops

Electronic equipment

presumably nav. radar

Complement

111

Project history: Former British LST(3) class tank landing ship.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Magar 1964

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