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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT

LDM101 landing craft (1963-1972)

LDM101 1970

Names

LDM101-121

LDM201-205

LDM301-313

Builders

EN do Mondego: LDM101-121, 201-205, 301-313

Completed

1964-1966: LDM101-121, 201-205, 301-313

Losses

None

Transfers

Mozambique, 1975: 2 units

Guiena-Bissau, 1993: 3 units (probably LDM119-121)

Discarding

1970-1974: LDM103, 104, 201-203, 205, 301-303, 305-308, 310-313

1975: LDM101, 102, 105-118, 204, 304, 309

early 1990s: LDM119-121

 

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: Copy of USN LCM(6) design.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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