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LCS(L)257

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
LCS(L)1 - 250	UK: LCS(L)1-250	1942 - 1943: LCS(L)1-250	LCS(L)201 (9/1943)	none	late 1940s: LCS(L)1-250

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	20	84
Displacement full, t	24.5	116
Length, m	14.3	32.0
Breadth, m	3.80	6.53
Draught, m	1.19 deep load 1.30 max	1.08 deep load
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 Gray diesels	2 Hall-Scott petrol engines
Power, h. p.	330	1120 or 1500
Max speed, kts	10	14.8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 0.6	petrol 18200 l
Endurance, nm(kts)	100(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 19, hull sides, guns, fwd bulkhead, bridge: 6	deck: 6, hull sides: 6, guns: 6, fwd bulkhead: 6, bridge: 6, 57mm gun: standard armoured Valentine-tank turret
Armament	1 x 1 - 107/17 SB mortar, 1 x 1 - 40/50 QF Mk IX/X, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87	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	13	25

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Project history

Fairmile "H" craft (later type). They were converted from LCI(S) craft before completion.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.