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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT

LDM401 landing craft (1967-1973)

Names

LDM401-424

Builders

EN do Mondego: LDM401-424

Completed

1967-1973: LDM401-417

1974-1975: LDM418-424

Losses

None

Transfers

Angola, 1975: 9 units (from discarded 1975-1980)

Discarding

1975-1980: LDM401-405, 407-413, 415-417, 419

1982-1984: LDM424

1985-1989: LDM414

1990s: LDM406, 418, 420-423

 

Displacement standard, t

28

Displacement full, t

48

Length, m

17.3

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 1.7

Endurance, nm(kts)

150(7)

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90

Capacity

1 35t tank or 100 troops

Complement

6

Project history: Version of RN LCM(7) design.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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