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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT
Ç201 landing craft (1943-1944/1967)


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Ç204 1975

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
  Ç201 (ex-LCU588, ex-LCT588)   Pidgeon Thomas Iron, Memphis, USA     10.1943 // 6.1967 stricken 1983
  Ç202 (ex-LCU608, ex-LCT608)   Pidgeon Thomas Iron, Memphis, USA     10.1943 // 6.1967 stricken 1983
  Ç203 (ex-LCU666, ex-LCT666)   Pidgeon Thomas Iron, Memphis, USA 1.1944 5.2.1944 10.1943 // 6.1967 stricken 1983
  Ç204 (ex-LCU667, ex-LCT667)   Pidgeon Thomas Iron, Memphis, USA     10.1943 // 6.1967 stricken 1986


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

160

Displacement full, t

309 - 320

Length, m

32.0 wl 36.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing: 1.09 fore, 1.22 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700 (7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 150 t of cargo

Electronic equipmentpresumably nav. radar
Complement13


Standard scale images


<i>Ç201 </i>1970
Ç201 1970


Graphics


<i>Ç204 </i>1975
Ç204 1975


Project history

Former USN LCT(6) landing craft, tank.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.