Name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Tonnage, BRT | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Fuel, t | Armament // Capacity | Fate |
Empire Charmian | 25.11.1942 // 3.1943 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 7512 | 132.1x20.4x8.1 | 11.5 | 1diesel, 2580, diesel oil 1179 | 1 - 102/50 BL Mk VII, 1 - 76/40, 6 - 20/70 // 21 LCM(1), 323 troops | sold 1951 |
Empire Elaine | 30.7.1942 // 11.1942 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 7512 | 132.1x20.4x8.1 | 11.5 | 1diesel, 2580, diesel oil 1179 | 1 - 102/50 BL Mk VII, 1 - 76/40, 6 - 20/70 // 21 LCM(1), 323 troops | sold 1947 |
Project history: Transports for delivery LCM landing craft to landing place. There were LSS, LSG, LSD and LSC types. LSC (ex-heavy cargo ships), LCMs were stowed on deck and handled by large derricks. Empire Charmian can take up to 30 LCMs on passage and Empire Elaine 26.
Modernizations: none.
Naval service: No significant events.
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