"LCS(L)2"-types support landing craft (1943)

LCS(L)251 1943

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp.	Fate
LCS(L)251			Austins, London		1943	1943
LCS(L)252			Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green		1943	1943	sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)253			Percival, Horning		1943	1943
LCS(L)254			Dickie & Sons, Bangor		1943	1943
LCS(L)255			Brook Marine, Oulton Broad		1943	1943
LCS(L)256			John Sadd, Maldon		1943	1943	sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)257			Austins, London		1943	1943
LCS(L)258			Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green		1943	1943	sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)259			Percival, Horning		1943	1943
LCS(L)260			Austins, London		1943	1943

Displacement standard, t

84

Displacement full, t

116

Length, m

32.0

Breadth, m

6.53

Draught, m

1.08 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Hall-Scott petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1120 or 1500

Max speed, kts

14.8

Fuel, t

petrol 18200 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armour

deck: 6, hull sides: 6, guns: 6, fwd bulkhead: 6, bridge: 6, 57mm gun: standard armoured Valentine-tank turret

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 1 x 1 - 107/17 SB mortar

Complement

25

Project history: Fairmile "H" craft (later type).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

LCS(L)257

ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

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"LCS(L)2"-types support landing craft (1943)

Displacement standard, t	84
Displacement full, t	116
Length, m	32.0
Breadth, m	6.53
Draught, m	1.08 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Hall-Scott petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1120 or 1500
Max speed, kts	14.8
Fuel, t	petrol 18200 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour	deck: 6, hull sides: 6, guns: 6, fwd bulkhead: 6, bridge: 6, 57mm gun: standard armoured Valentine-tank turret
Armament	1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 1 x 1 - 107/17 SB mortar
Complement	25