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MOZAMBIQUE NAVY (MOZAMBIQUE)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

LDM101-type landing craft (1964-1966/1975)

LDM101 1970

Names

2 units

Builders

EN do Mondego, Portugal: 2 units

Completed

1964-1966 // 1975: 2 units

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

late 1980s: 2 units

 

Displacement standard, t

25

Displacement full, t

50

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

130(9)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

1 tank or 60 troops or 30.8 t of cargo

Complement

5

Project history: Former Portuguese LDM101 class LCU, design was based on USN LCM(6) craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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