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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT
"LCT(2)"-type tank landing craft (LCT100) (73, 1941 - 1943), "LCF(2)"-type AA support landing craft (LCF1) (1941/1942), "LCT(R)2"-type rocket support landing craft (LCT(R)125) (1941/1942)
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LCT(2) Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp. | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCT100 | 1128 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 9.6.1941 | 6.1941 | UNRRA service 1945 | ||
| LCT101 | 1129 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 9.6.1941 | 7.1941 | UNRRA service 1945 | ||
| LCT102 | 1130 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 17.6.1941 | 8.1941 | sunk 10.10.1941 | ||
| LCT103 | 1131 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 17.6.1941 | 9.1941 | sunk 10.10.1941 | ||
| LCT104 | 1651 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 10.5.1941 | 6.1941 | harbour craft 9.1945 | ||
| LCT105 | 1653 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 22.5.1941 | 7.1941 | sunk 4.11.1941 | ||
| LCT106 | 1655 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 25.6.1941 | 7.1941 | sunk 6.1.1943 | ||
| LCT107 | 1657 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 14.7.1941 | 8.1941 | sunk 6.1.1943 | ||
| LCT108 | 37 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 3.6.1941 | 6.1941 | harbour craft 9.1945 | ||
| LCT109 | 38 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 16.6.1941 | 6.1941 | sunk 4.11.1941 | ||
| LCT110 | 39 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 27.6.1941 | 7.1941 | sunk 11.1941 | ||
| LCT111 | 1092 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 8.7.1941 | 7.1941 | UNRRA service 1945 | ||
| LCT112 | 1093 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 8.7.1941 | 7.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)24 1945 | ||
| LCT113 | 456 | Hamilton, Glasgow | 3.7.1941 | 8.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)25 1945 | ||
| LCT114 | 1043 | Lobnitz, Renfrew | 4.6.1941 | 6.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)26 1945 | ||
| LCT115 | 325 | Robb, Leith | 9.5.1941 | 6.1941 | sunk 28.10.1943 | ||
| LCT116 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 9.6.1941 | 6.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)27 1945 | |||
| LCT117 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 25.6.1941 | 7.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)29 1945 | |||
| LCT118 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 12.6.1941 | 6.1941 | BU 10.1947 | |||
| LCT119 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 10.7.1941 | 7.1941 | sunk 20.6.1942 | |||
| LCT120 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 24.7.1941 | 8.1941 | foundered 20.11.1942 | |||
| LCT121 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 29.7.1941 | 8.1941 | wrecked 19.8.1942 | |||
| BPC2 (ex-LCT122), 1942- LCF(L)2 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 10.8.1941 | 1.1942 | sunk 19.8.1942 | |||
| BPC1 (ex-LCT123), 1942- LCF(L)1 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 11.8.1941 | 11.1941 | sunk 17.8.1944 | |||
| LCT124 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 4.9.1941 | 9.1941 | wrecked 19.8.1942 | |||
| LCT(R)125 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 23.9.1941 | 10.1941 | sold 6.1948 | |||
| LCT126 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 22.9.1941 | 10.1941 | wrecked 19.8.1942 | |||
| LCT127 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 21.10.1941 | 11.1941 | sold 2.1946 | |||
| LCT128 | Everard, Greenhithe | 17.1.1942 | 2.1942 | BU 7.1945 | |||
| LCT129 | General SN Co, Deptford | 2.1941 | 24.5.1941 | 11.1941 | lost 11.1941 | ||
| LCT130 | Russell, Barking | 30.5.1942 | 6.1942 | BU 1.1945 | |||
| LCT131 | 3 | Stockton, Thornaby | 2.1941 | 14.6.1941 | 8.1941 | BU 1.1945 | |
| LCT132 | 5 | Stockton, Thornaby | 2.1941 | 8.7.1941 | 10.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)28 1945 | |
| LCT133 | 7 | Stockton, Thornaby | 6.1941 | 6.9.1941 | 10.1941 | BU 6.1945 | |
| LCT134 | 11 | Stockton, Thornaby | 7.1941 | 6.10.1941 | 12.1941 | BU 1.1945 | |
| LCT135 | 13 | Stockton, Thornaby | 9.1941 | 3.11.1941 | 1.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)36 1946 | |
| LCT(R)136 | 17 | Stockton, Thornaby | 10.1941 | 23.12.1941 | 3.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)76 1945 | |
| LCT137 | 1 | Stockton, Thornaby | 3.1941 | 28.5.1941 | 7.1941 | CTL 11.1941 | |
| LCT138 | 4 | Stockton, Thornaby | 3.1941 | 26.6.1941 | 9.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)30 1945 | |
| LCT139 | 8 | Stockton, Thornaby | 6.1941 | 22.9.1941 | 12.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)31 1945 | |
| LCT(R)140 | 10 | Stockton, Thornaby | 6.1941 | 4.10.1941 | 1.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)77 1945 | |
| LCT(R)141 | 14 | Stockton, Thornaby | 9.1941 | 17.11.1941 | 2.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)78 1945 | |
| LCT142 | Doust, Gravesend | 7.1942 | sold 1946 | ||||
| LCT143 | 2 | Stockton, Thornaby | 3.1941 | 11.6.1941 | 7.1941 | CTL 11.1941 | |
| LCT144 | 6 | Stockton, Thornaby | 3.1941 | 24.7.1941 | 9.1941 | BU 1.1945 | |
| LCT145 | 12 | Stockton, Thornaby | 7.1941 | 20.10.1941 | 12.1941 | wrecked 19.8.1942 | |
| LCT146 | 16 | Stockton, Thornaby | 9.1941 | 16.12.1941 | 3.1942 | stricken 1.1948 | |
| LCT(R)147 | 9 | Stockton, Thornaby | 6.1941 | 23.9.1941 | 12.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)79 1945, to Italy 1946 | |
| LCT148 | Pollock, Faversham | 12.1941 | BU 1.1945 | ||||
| LCT149 | 231/1 | Arrol, Meadowside | 8.9.1941 | 10.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)32 1945 | ||
| LCT150 | 231/2 | Arrol, Meadowside | 8.10.1941 | 11.1941 | sunk 20.6.1942 | ||
| LCT151 | 231/3 | Arrol, Meadowside | 31.10.1941 | 11.1941 | BU 7.1952 | ||
| LCT152 | 231/4 | Arrol, Meadowside | 4.12.1941 | 1.1942 | ? | ||
| LCT153 | MacLellan, Paisley | 8.9.1941 | 10.1941 | auxiliary NSC(L)33 1945 | |||
| LCT154 | MacLellan, Paisley | 20.10.1941 | 11.1941 | sunk 10.7.1943 | |||
| LCT155 | MacLellan, Paisley | 1.1942 | sunk 3.1942 | ||||
| LCT156 | MacLellan, Paisley | 22.12.1941 | 1.1942 | sold 6.1946 | |||
| LCT157 | Findlay, Old Kilpatrick | 10.7.1941 | 9.1941 | UNRRA service 1945 | |||
| LCT158 | Findlay, Old Kilpatrick | 20.9.1941 | 11.1941 | UNRRA service 1945 | |||
| LCT159 | Findlay, Old Kilpatrick | 1.1942 | sunk 19.8.1942 | ||||
| LCT160 | Findlay, Old Kilpatrick | 12.11.1941 | 1.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)49 1945 | |||
| LCT161 | Findlay, Old Kilpatrick | 17.12.1941 | 2.1942 | sold 7.1946 | |||
| LCT162 | 27 | Redpath Brown, Meadowside | 27.8.1941 | 10.1941 | BU 1.1945 | ||
| LCT163 | 28 | Redpath Brown, Meadowside | 26.9.1941 | 11.1941 | sold 7.1946 | ||
| LCT164 | 29 | Redpath Brown, Meadowside | 28.11.1941 | 1.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)37 1945 | ||
| LCT165 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 22.10.1941 | 11.1941 | sold 6.1946 | |||
| LCT166 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 3.11.1941 | 12.1941 | sold 6.1946 | |||
| LCT(R)167 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 17.11.1941 | 1.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)34 1945 | |||
| LCT168 | Tees-Side Bridge, Middlesborough | 18.11.1941 | 1.1942 | sold 2.1946 | |||
| LCT169 | Stockton, Thornaby | 10.1941 | 2.12.1941 | 3.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L)35 1945 | ||
| LCT170 | Stockton, Thornaby | 10.1941 | 3.1.1942 | 4.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L).. 1945 | ||
| LCT(R)171 | Stockton, Thornaby | 11.1941 | 17.1.1942 | 4.1942 | auxiliary NSC(L).. 1945, to Italy 1946 | ||
| LCT172 | Everard, Greenhithe | 6.6.1942 | 7.1942 | sold 6.1946 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 296 | LCF1: 455 LCF2: 369 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 460 |
515 | |
| Length, m | 48.8 |
48.8 |
48.8 |
| Breadth, m | 9.45 | 9.45 | 9.45 |
| Draught, m | 1.63 deep load 2.13 max |
1.63 deep load 2.29 max |
1.63 deep load 2.29 max |
| No of shafts | most earlier craft: 3 some earlier craft: 2 late craft: 3 |
3 |
3 |
| Machinery | most earlier craft: 3 Napier petrol engine some earlier craft: 2 Paxman diesels late craft: 3 Paxman diesels |
3 Paxman diesels |
3 Paxman diesels |
| Power, h. p. | most earlier craft: 1050 some earlier craft: 920 late craft: 1380 |
1500 |
1500 |
| Max speed, kts | most earlier craft: 10.5 some earlier craft: 9.5 late craft: 11 |
11 |
11 |
| Fuel, t | most earlier craft: petrol 33.4 some earlier craft: diesel oil 41 late craft: diesel oil 41 |
diesel oil 40 |
diesel oil 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | most earlier craft: 1000(10.5) some earlier craft: 2300(9.5) late craft: 1350(11) |
2000(10) | 2700(9) |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV |
LCF1: 2 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV LCF2: 8 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 792 x 1 - 127 barrage rocket launchers |
| Military load | 3 40t or 7 20t tanks or 250t cargo |
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| Electronic equipment | --- | LCF1: type 286, type 285 radars | |
| Complement | 12 | LCF1: 81 | 17 - 18 |
Standard scale images
LCF1 1942
LCT(R)125 1943
LCT100 1941
Graphics
LCT(2) Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Project history
Increased version of LCT(1) type. Hull could been disassembled on 4 parts for transportation on large distances. LCT173 - 299 were cancelled 4.4.1941.
Modernizations
2 LCT were converted to AA ships of LCF(2) type:
Many LCT were converted to rocket ships LCT(R) with data as follows:
3200m rocket range was fixed.
Naval service
2 units were converted to LCF(2)-type AA support craft LCF1 and 2. Many units were converted to LCT(R)2-type rocket support craft.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
