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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"LCT(3)" type tank landing craft (1942-1943/1948-1951)

LCT300 1942

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
MOC1205 (ex-LCT307) 1953- A5335   Findlay, Old Kilpatrick, UK   1942 1942 // 12.1951 discarded 1998
GLS438 (ex-LCT330), 5.1950- MOC1202 1953- A5332   Stockton, Thornaby, UK 4.1942 18.6.1942 7.1942 // 1948 discarded 4.1999
MOC1204 (ex-LCT347) 1953- A5334   Stockton, Thornaby, UK 6.1942 25.7.1942 8.1942 // 10.1951 discarded 2008
MOC1203 (ex-LCT420) 1953- A5333   Scott`s SB, Greenock, UK   28.4.1942 1942 // 12.1950 discarded 1998
MOC1209 (ex-LCT...) 1953- A5339   UK   1942-43 1942-43 // 1951 discarded 1956

     

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

640

Length, m

58.5

Breadth, m

9.45

Draught, m

1.65 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 28200 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 2700(9)

Armament

4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3

Capacity

5 40-t or 11 30-t tanks

Electronic equipment presumably radar

Complement

12

Project history: Former British LCT(3) landing craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MOC1205 1954

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