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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"LST"-type tank landing ships  

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament // Capacity Fate
Bachaquero 7/5/1937 // 1941 Furness, Haverton Hill 6455 116.6x19.5x4.6 12 2VTE, 3000, oil 850 2 - 107/16 SB mortars, 4 - 40/39, 6 - 20/70 // 2 LCM, 18 40-t or 22 25-t tanks or 33 trucks, 207 troops returned 8/1945
Misoa 22/6/1937 // 7/1941 Furness, Haverton Hill 6455 116.6x19.5x4.6 12 2VTE, 3000, oil 910 2 - 107/16 SB mortars, 4 - 40/39, 6 - 20/70 // 2 LCM, 18 40-t or 22 25-t tanks or 33 trucks, 192 troops returned 1945
Tasajera 3/3/1938 // 1941 Furness, Haverton Hill 5679 111.3x18.3x4.6 10.5 2VTE, 1800, oil 660 2 - 107 SB mortars, 4 - 40/39, 6 - 20/70 // 2 LCM, 18 40-t or 22 25-t tanks or 33 trucks, 207 troops returned 1945

 

 

Ship project history: The first tank landing ships have appeared in UK in 1941, when 3 shallow draught oil tankers have been converted to LST.

Modernizations:  none.

Naval service:  No significant events.

      Bachaquero

 

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