NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp.	Fate
LT1 (ex-LCT562)			Stockton, Thornaby, UK	12.1942	17.2.1943	3.1943 // 2.1946	returned 11.1946
LT2 (ex-LCT781)			Motherwell, Meadowside, UK		1943	1943 // 1946	returned 11.1946
LT3 (ex-LCT1128)			Tees & Side Bridge, Middlesborough, UK		7.4.1944	1944 // 1946	returned 11.1946
LT4 (ex-LCT1136)			Fairfield, Chepstow, UK		1944	1944 // 1946	returned 11.1946
LT101 (ex-LCT1102)	1950- L9607		Stockton, Thornaby, UK	2.1944	27.4.1944	5.1944 // 1946	stricken 1950
LT102 (ex-LCT1237)	1950- L9608		UK		1944	1944 // 1946	stricken 1950
LT103 (ex-LCT1153)	1950- L9609		Stockton, Thornaby, UK	4.1944	20.6.1944	7.1944 // 1946	stricken 1969
LT104 (ex-LCT1055)	1950- L9610		UK		1943	1943 // 1946	stricken early 1960s
LT105 (ex-LCT1136)	1950- L9611		Stockton, Thornaby, UK	5.1944	30.6.1944	7.1944 // 1946	stricken early 1960s
LT106 (ex-LCT1175)	1950- L9612		UK		1944	1944 // 1946	stricken 1963
L9607 (ex-LCT1258)	L9607		UK		1944	1944 // 6.1952	stricken 1963
L9608 (ex-LCT1302)	L9608		UK		21.12.1944	1945 // 11.1952	stricken 1963

Technical data

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	2 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 Mk IV
Military load	6 40t or 9 30t tanks or 200 troops or 350 t cargo
Electronic equipment	some: nav. radar
Complement	12

Standard scale images

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.