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Thruster 1942 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Boxer	F121	1155	Harland & Wolff, Belfast		12.12.1942	5.1943	fighter direction ship 1944
Bruizer	F127	1159	Harland & Wolff, Belfast		24.10.1942	3.1943	sold 1947
Thruster	F131	1153	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	7.1941	24.9.1942	1.1943	to Netherlands 1947 (Pelikaan)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3616 designed on arrival
Displacement full, t	5970
Length, m	118.9 pp
Breadth, m	14.9
Draught, m	5.61 maximal, 1,52 fore at landing
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	7000
Max speed, kts	16.25
Fuel, t	oil 1728
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 107/16 SB mortars, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Military load	1 LCM / LCS, 13 40t or 20 25t tanks, 27 3t trucks, 193 troops
Electronic equipment	presumably type 271 radar
Complement	169

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Project history

In 1942 purpose built ships of LST(1) type were completed, which, however, did not approach for a batch production because of insufficient adaptability to manufacture, high cost and too deep draught.

Modernizations

by 1945, all: + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.