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"LCS(L)2"- (LCS(L)251) type support landing craft (1943)


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LCS(L)257

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
LCS(L)251     Austins, London   1943 1943  
LCS(L)252     Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green   1943 1943 sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)253     Percival, Horning   1943 1943  
LCS(L)254     Dickie & Sons, Bangor   1943 1943  
LCS(L)255     Brook Marine, Oulton Broad   1943 1943  
LCS(L)256     John Sadd, Maldon   1943 1943 sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)257     Austins, London   1943 1943  
LCS(L)258     Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green   1943 1943 sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)259     Percival, Horning   1943 1943  
LCS(L)260     Austins, London   1943 1943  


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

84

Displacement full, t

116

Length, m

32.0

Breadth, m

6.53

Draught, m

1.08 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Hall-Scott petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1120 or 1500

Max speed, kts

14.8

Fuel, t

petrol 18200 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armour, mm

deck: 6, hull sides: 6, guns: 6, fwd bulkhead: 6, bridge: 6, 57mm gun: standard armoured Valentine-tank turret

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 1 x 1 - 107/17 SB mortar

Complement

25



Standard scale images


<i>LCS(L)251</i> 1943
LCS(L)251 1943


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<i>LCS(L)257</i>
LCS(L)257


Project history

Fairmile "H" craft (later type).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.