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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"LCM(9)"-type mechanized troops landing craft (L700) (1963 - 1966)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
  L700   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft     1964 stricken early 2000s
  L701   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft     1964 stricken late 2000s
  L702   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft     1965 stricken early 2000s
  L703   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft     1965 sunk 5.1982
  L704   R. Dunston, Thorne     1964 stricken early 2000s
  L705   R. Dunston, Thorne     1965 stricken early 2010s
  L706   R. Dunston, Thorne     1965 stricken early 2000s
  L707   R. Dunston, Thorne     1965 stricken early 2000s
  L708   R. Dunston, Thorne     1966 stricken early 2000s
  L709   R. Dunston, Thorne     1966 stricken early 2010s
  L710   J. Bolson, Poole     1965 stricken early 2000s
  L711   J. Bolson, Poole     1965 stricken early 2010s
  L3507   Vosper, Portsmouth     1963 stricken 1980s
  L3508   Vosper, Portsmouth     1963 stricken early 2000s

 

Displacement standard, t

88

Displacement full, t

176

Length, m

27.5

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

624

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

none

Military load

1-2 tanks or 100t of vehicles

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

6

Project history: Conventional LCM type craft. Four each of L700 series were carried by Fearless and Intrepid.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: L703 was sunk during Falklands war.

L3507 1978

LCU704 1988

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