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L9061 tank landing craft (1946 / 1965)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
LCT9061 (ex-Buttress, ex-LCT4099) L9061   Fairfield, Chepstow, UK   1945 1946 // 7.1965 to Comoros 1976


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t810
Length, m

68.6

Breadth, m11.6
Draught, m

1.45 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

1760

Max speed, kts

11.9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 102700 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3

Military load

8 30t tanks, 42 troops

Electronic equipmentpresumably radar
Complement13


Standard scale images


L9061 1970
L9061 1970


Project history

Former RN LCT(8) landing craft, bought by French Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.