PELIKAAN tank landing ship (1943/1948)

Pelikaan 1960

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pelikaan (ex-Thruster)	LST2, 1951- A830		Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	7.1941	24.9.1942	1.1943 // 7.1948	stricken 1973

Displacement standard, t

3616 designed on arrival

Displacement full, t
5970

Length, m
118.9 pp 122.4 oa

Breadth, m
15.4

Draught, m
5.61 maximal, 1,52 fore at landing

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Power, h. p.

7000

Max speed, kts

16.25

Fuel, t

oil 1728

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

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

Military load 1 LCM / LCS, 13 40t or 20 25t tanks, 27 3t trucks, 193 troops

Electronic equipment nav. radar

Complement
127

Project history: Former British LST(1) tank landing ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

PELIKAAN tank landing ship (1943/1948)

Displacement standard, t	3616 designed on arrival
Displacement full, t	5970
Length, m	118.9 pp 122.4 oa
Breadth, m	15.4
Draught, m	5.61 maximal, 1,52 fore at landing
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	7000
Max speed, kts	16.25
Fuel, t	oil 1728
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III
Military load	1 LCM / LCS, 13 40t or 20 25t tanks, 27 3t trucks, 193 troops
Electronic equipment	nav. radar
Complement	127