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LT5 1946

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp.	Fate
L260 (ex-LCT7003)	L260		Findlay, Old Kilpatrick, UK		1944	1944 // 1945	returned 1.1946
LCT7037			Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK		25.4.1944	6.1944 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT7048			Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK		17.3.1944	1944 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT7052			Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK		21.3.1944	4.1944 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT7053			Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK		7.4.1944	4.1944 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT7093			Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK		17.5.1944	1944 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT7100			Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK		23.3.1944	3.1944 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT345			Stockton, Thornaby, UK	5.1942	12.7.1942	7.1942 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT411			Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK		1942	1942 // 11.1945	returned 2.1946
LCT456			Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK		1943	1943 // 2.1946	returned 5.1946
LT5 (ex-LCT7031)	1950- L9601		Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK		1944	1944 // 1946	stricken 1965
LT6 (ex-LCT7033)	1950- L9602		Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK		1944	1944 // 1946	stricken 1961
LT7 (ex-LCT7118)	1950- L9603		Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK		1944	1944 // 1946	stricken 1953
LT8 (ex-LCT7121)	1950- L9604		Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK		1945	1945 // 1946	stricken 1953
LT9 (ex-LCT7122)	1950- L9605		Arrol, Meadowside, UK		30.1.1945	1945 // 1946	stricken 1953
LT10 (ex-LCT7125)	1950- L9606		Arrol, Meadowside, UK		30.3.1945	1945 // 1946	stricken 1965

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	350
Displacement full, t	640
Length, m	58.1
Breadth, m	9.45
Draught, m	1.65 deep load 2.03 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Sterling petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	11.5
Fuel, t	petrol 21.9
Endurance, nm(kts)	1900(10.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III
Military load	5 40t or 11 20t tanks or 300t cargo
Electronic equipment	some: nav. radar
Complement	12

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Project history

British LCT(3)-type craft. Version of LCT(2) lengthened on 10m. Hull could been disassembled on 5 parts for transportation on large distances.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.