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UNITED KINGDOM
AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT
"LSG"-type landing ships with gantry crane (DERWENTDALE) (3, 1941)
Ships
| Name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Tonnage, BRT | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Fuel, t | Armament // Capacity | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derwentdale | 12.4.1941 // 8.1941 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 16750 | 147.2x18.1x8.4 | 11.7 | 1diesel, 3500, diesel oil 728 | 1 - 120/40 Mk V, 1 - 76/40, 4 - 20/70 // 15 LCM(1), 268 troops | oiler 1946 |
| Dewdale | 7.2.1941 // 6.1941 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 16750 | 147.2x18.1x8.4 | 11.7 | 1diesel, 3500, diesel oil 728 | 1 - 120/40 Mk V, 1 - 76/40, 5 - 20/70 // 15 LCM(1), 257 troops | oiler 1946 |
| Ennerdale | 27.1.1941 // 7.1941 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 16798 | 147.2x18.1x8.4 | 11.5 | 1VTE, 2700, oil 1450 | 1 - 102/45 Mk V, 1 - 76/40, 4 - 20/70 // 15 LCM(1), 266 troops | oiler 1946 |
Project history
Transports for delivery LCM landing craft to landing place. There were LSS, LSG, LSD and LSC types. LSG, laid down as tankers and completed as landing craft carriers, were arranged with two gantry cranes (fwd and aft from the central superstructure) for landing craft launching. Gantries can lift one LCM(1) with 10 t of cargo. Ships can carry up to 3000 t of fresh water additionally.
Modernizations
none.
Naval service
No significant events.
