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UNITED KINGDOM
AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT
"LSI(H)"-type infantry landing ships with hand-operated davits (10, 1911 - 1939 / 1941 - 1944)


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Ulster Monarch

Ships


Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Fuel, t Armament // Capacity Fate
Brigadier (ex-Worthing) 3.5.1928 // 1940 Denny, Dumbarton 2294 93.3x11.8x 21 2turbines, 15000hp, oil 101 1 - 76/40, 4 - 20/70 // 6 LCA, 180 troops returned 1946
Duke of Wellington (ex-Duke of York) 7.3.1935 // 5.1942 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3743 109.1x15.9x4.5 20 2turbines, 10000hp, coal 120 1 - 76/40, 8 - 20/70 // 10 LCA, 420 troops returned 1945
Invicta 14.12.1939 // 4.1942 Denny, Dumbarton 4178 106.2x15.2x3.8 22 2turbines, 11000hp, coal 120 1 - 76/40, 4 - 20/70 // 6 LCA, 450 troops troop transport 10.1945
Isle of Guernsey 17.12.1929 // 1944 Denny, Dumbarton 2143 93.3x12.8x4.3 19.5 2turbines, 5500hp 1 - 102/40 Mk XIX // 6 LCA, 393 troops returned 1945
Isle of Thanet 23.4.1925 // 1943 Denny, Dumbarton 2701 102.7x13.7x 24 2turbines, 8000hp 1 - 102/40 Mk XIX // 6 LCA, 424 troops returned 1945
Laird`s Isle (ex-Riviera) 1.4.1911 // 1.1944 Denny, Dumbarton 1783 98.5x12.5x4.9 21 3turbines, 11000hp 1 - 102/40 Mk XIX, 2 - 20/70 // 6 LCA, 420 troops returned 1945
Royal Scotsman 11.3.1936 // 1942 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3288 103.5x14.5x4.3 16 2diesels, 7500hp, diesel oil 200 1 - 76/40, 2 - 40/39, 4 - 209/70 // 6 LCA, 485 troops returned 3.1945
Royal Ulsterman 10.3.1936 // 1942 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3244 103.5x14.5x4.3 16 2diesels, 7500hp, diesel oil 194 2 - 40/39, 5 - 20/70 // 6 LCA, 485 troops returned 11.1945
St. Helier 26.3.1925 // 4.1941 John Brown, Clydebank 1952 88.8x12.2x4.0 17 2turbines, 5838hp, oil 146 6 - 20/70 // 6 LCA, 420 troops returned 1945
Ulster Monarch 24.1.1929 // 10.1940 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3791 109.4x14.1x4.7 17 2diesels, 6350hp, diesel oil 170 1 - 76/40, 2 - 40/39, 4 - 20/70 // 6 LCA, 580 troops store carrier 10.1941, landing ship 8.1942, returned 10.1945


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<i>Ulster Monarch</i>
Ulster Monarch


Project history

Ships with hand-operated davits were separated into special group.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.