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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFTS
FOCA small landing ships (1944-1945/1948)
Photo
BDK1 or 2
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comm |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foca (ex-LCT1253), 1950s- BDK1 |
K1, 1971- LCT1 |
UK |
1944 | 1944 // 11.1948 |
stricken 1978 |
||
| Morsa (ex-LCT1323), 1950s- BDK2 | K2, 1971- LCT2 |
UK |
28.3.1945 | 1945 // 11.1948 |
stricken 1983 |
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 7 |
| Military load | 6 40t or 9 30t tanks or 200 troops or 350 t cargo |
| Complement | 12 |
Standard scale images
Foca 1950
Graphics
BDK1 or 2
Project history
Former British LCT(4) type landing craft.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
