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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LCM1 landing craft (1970)

Names

LCM1 - 5

Builders

De Havilland Marine, Sydney, Australia: LCM1 - 5

Completed

1970: LCM1 - 5

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1990s: LCM1 - 5

Displacement standard, t

24

Displacement full, t

56

Length, m

17.1

Breadth, m

4.37

Draught, m

1.17

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

330

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 130(10)

Armament

none

Military load 30 t of cargo or 1 light tank
Electronic equipment none

Complement

 

Project history: Standard LCM(6) type landing craft, mechanized.

Modernizations: 1990s, some: + light gun in tank turret

Naval service: In 1993 all were transferred to the army.

LCM5 1995

 

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