LCA1 1946
Names |
LCA1-4, 1946- LV115-118, 1950- L9501-9504 L9505-9515(i) L9515(ii) L9516(i) L9516(ii) L9517-9520 |
Builders |
UK: LCA1-4, L9505-9515(i), 9515(ii), 9516(i), 9516(ii), 9517-9520 |
Completed |
1942-1944//1946: LCA1-4 1942-1944//1951: L9505-9515(i), 9516(i) 1942-1944//1955: L9515 (ii), 9516(ii), 9517-9520 |
Losses |
L9510 (23.9.1954), L9515 (i) (1953) |
Transfers |
None |
Discarding |
1953: L9516(i) 1954: L9511, 9512 1955: L9506, 9513 1956: L9507, 9514 1957: L9501, 9502, 9504 1959: L9503, 9515 (ii), 9517 1961: L9518 1962: L9520 1963: L9505 1964: L9508, 9509, 9516(ii), 9519 |
Displacement standard, t |
8.5 |
Displacement full, t |
11.5 |
Length, m |
12.6 |
Breadth, m |
3.10 |
Draught, m |
0.69 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Ford petrol engines |
Power, h. p. |
130 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 0.2 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
60(7) |
Armament |
3 x 1 - 7.7/94, 2 x 1 - 51/11 mortars |
Military load |
40 troops |
Complement |
4 |
Project history: British LCA landing craft, transferred to the Netherlands.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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