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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

"LCT(4)"-type tank landing craft

L9608 1952

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
LT1 (ex-LCT562) L9601 Stockton, Thornaby, UK 12/1942 17/2/1943 3/1943 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT2 (ex-LCT781) L9602 UK   1943 1943 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT3 (ex-LCT1128) L9603 UK   7/4/1944 1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT4 (ex-LCT1136) L9604 Fairfield, Chepstow, UK   1944 1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT101 (ex-LCT1102) L9611 Stockton, Thornaby, UK 2/1944 27/4/1944 5/1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT102 (ex-LCT1237) L9612 UK   1944 1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT103 (ex-LCT1153) L9613 Stockton, Thornaby, UK 4/1944 20/6/1944 7/1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT104 (ex-LCT1055) L9614 UK   1943 1943 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT105 (ex-LCT1154) L9615 Stockton, Thornaby, UK 5/1944 30/6/1944 7/1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
LT106 (ex-LCT1175) L9616 UK   1944 1944 // 1946 stricken early 1960s
L9607 (ex-LCT1268) L9607 UK   1944 1944 // 1951 stricken early 1960s
L9608 (ex-LCT1302) L9608 UK   21/12/1944 1945 // 1951 stricken early 1960s

 

Displacement standard, t

350

Displacement full, t

640

Length, m

57.1

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

1.36 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

920

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 51

Endurance, nm(kts) 1100(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Military load

6 40t or 9 30t tanks or 200 troops or 350 t cargo

Complement

12

Ship project history: British-built LCT(4) type craft. Wider and shorter variant of LCT(3). Excessively light-weight hull should be strengthened subsequently.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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