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"LCT(3)" type tank landing craft

LCT300 1942

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
MZ901   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ902   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ903   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ904   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ905   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ906   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ907   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ908   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ909   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ910   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956
MZ911   UK     1942 - 1945 // 1946 auxiliary 1956

     

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

640

Length, m

58.5

Breadth, m

9.45

Draught, m

1.65 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 28200 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 2700(9)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Capacity

5 40-t or 11 30-t tanks

Complement

12

Ship project history: Former British LCT(3) landing crafts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 7 craft were converted to repair ships (MOC) and 3 to lighthouse tenders (MTF).

MOC1201 1970

 

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