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TONGAN DEFENCE SERVICE MARITIME DEFENCE DIVISION (TONGA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LATE landing craft (1967/1982)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Late (ex-AB1057) C315   North Queensland Engineers, Cairns, Australia     1967 // 1.9.1982 stricken 2015

 

Displacement standard, t

34

Displacement full, t

116

Length, m

22.7

Breadth, m

6.41

Draught, m

1.37 mean

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 12V71 diesels

Power, h. p.

680

Max speed, kts

12 (9 loaded)

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

230(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Military load

55 t of cargo or 2 vehicles

Electronic equipment Koden MD305 radar

Complement

3

Project history: Former LCM(8) type craft of Australian Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Late 1999

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