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LCS(L)257

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp.	Fate
LCS(L)251			Austins, London		1943	1943
LCS(L)252			Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green		1943	1943	sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)253			Percival, Horning		1943	1943
LCS(L)254			Dickie & Sons, Bangor		1943	1943
LCS(L)255			Brook Marine, Oulton Broad		1943	1943
LCS(L)256			John Sadd, Maldon		1943	1943	sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)257			Austins, London		1943	1943
LCS(L)258			Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green		1943	1943	sunk 1.11.1944
LCS(L)259			Percival, Horning		1943	1943
LCS(L)260			Austins, London		1943	1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	84
Displacement full, t	116
Length, m	32.0
Breadth, m	6.53
Draught, m	1.08 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Hall-Scott petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1120 or 1500
Max speed, kts	14.8
Fuel, t	petrol 18200 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	deck: 6, hull sides: 6, guns: 6, fwd bulkhead: 6, bridge: 6, 57mm gun: standard armoured Valentine-tank turret
Armament	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	25

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Project history

Fairmile "H" craft (later type).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.