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LST3043 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
LST3001, 10.1946- Frederick Clover		89	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	1944	15.1.1945	6.1945	to War Dept. 10.1946, sold 1966
LST3002		90	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	1944	29.4.1945	9.1945	to Greece 4.1947 (Αλιάκμων [Aliakmon])
LST3003, 1947- Anzio	L101	91	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	1944	8.6.1945	11.1945	to Spain 2.1970
LST3004			Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	1944	30.7.1945	---	completed mercantile 1.1950
LST3005			Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	1944	---	---	cancelled 1945
LST3006, 1947- Tromsø		1289	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1944	3.9.1944	3.1945	sold 1956
LST3007		1290	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	3.1944	16.9.1944	5.1945	to Greece 4.1947 (Αξιός [Axios])
LST3008 (7/1946- RAN)		1291	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1944	31.10.1944	5.1945	sold 6.1950
LST3009, 10.1946- Reginald Kerr		1292	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	7.1944	30.12.1944	5.1945	to War Dept. 10.1946, sold 1.1966
LST3010, 1947- Attacker	L102	1293	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1944	30.9.1944	4.1945	to Netherlands 1945 - 1947, sold 11.1954
LST3011, 1947- Avenger		1294	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	8.1944	12.2.1945	8.1945	to India 3.1949 (Magar)
LST(Q)1 (ex-LST3012), 1947- Ben Nevis	L104	1295	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	1944	12.3.1945	9.1945	stricken 1965, BU 3.1965
LST(Q)2 (ex-LST3013), 1947- Ben Lomond	L105	1296	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	9.1944	24.4.1945	11.1945	stricken 1960, BU 3.1960
LST3014 (7/1946- RAN)		701	Barclay Curle, Whiteinch	4.1944	11.11.1944	3.1945	sold 6.1950
LST3015, 1947- Battler	L118	702	Barclay Curle, Whiteinch	5.1944	16.3.1945	9.1945	sold 1956
LST3016, 1947- Dieppe	L108	678	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	1944	15.12.1944	1945	to Spain 2.1980
LST3017, 12.1948- Tarakan (7/1946- RAN)		679	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	1944	28.11.1944	6.1945	sold 3.1954
LST3018			Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	1944	12.6.1945	---	completed mercantile 6.1949
LST3019, 1947- Vaagsø		1818	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	3.1944	4.9.1944	12.1944	stricken 1959, BU 12.1959
LST3020		1820	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	1944	31.10.1944	4.1945	to Greece 5.1947 (Αλφειός [Alfeios])
LST3021, 8.1946- Charles McLeod		1009	Lithgows, Glasgow	5.1944	23.10.1944	4.1945	to War Dept. 8.1946, sold 7.1968
LST3022 (7/1946- RAN)		1010	Lithgows, Glasgow	1944	26.1.1945	10.1945	stricken 6.1950
LST3023			Lithgows, Glasgow	1944	13.6.1945	---	completed mercantile 8.1954
LST3024, 10.1946- Maxwell Brander		1151	Smiths Dock, South Bank	1944	5.10.1944	3.1945	to War Dept. 10.1946, sold 1968
LST3025, 1947- Bruizer	L127	1152	Smiths Dock, South Bank	7.1944	14.1.1945	6.1945	sold 10.1954
LST3026, 1947- Charger	L107		Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay	4.1944	30.10.1944	6.1945	sold 12.1955
LST3027, 1947- Lofoten	L111, 1964- K07		Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay	5.1944	26.1.1945	10.1945	helicopter carrier 1964, sold 11.1993
LST3028, 1946- Snowden Smith		606	A. Stephens, Linthouse	3.1944	16.11.1944	5.1945	to War Dept. 1946, sold 1964
LST3029, 1947- Chaser	L132	607	A. Stephens, Linthouse	5.1944	12.1.1945	8.1945	sold 3.1962
LST3030			Hall Russell, Aberdeen	1944	12.6.1945	---	completed mercantile 1947
LST3031		F1	Connell, Scotstoun	1944	14.12.1944	7.1945	auxiliary Sultan 1.1959, sold 12.1970
LST3032		F2	Connell, Scotstoun	1944	27.4.1945	---	completed mercantile 10.1950
LST3033		275	Pickersgill, Southwick	1944	11.2.1945	7.1945	sold 1956
LST3034		276	Pickersgill, Sunderland	1944	25.8.1945	---	cancelled 1945
LST3035, 12.1948- Lae (7/1946- RAN)		1389	Denny, Dumbarton	1944	24.10.1944	3.1945	sold 11.1955
LST3036, 1947- Puncher	L115	457	Ailsa, Troon	1944	20.11.1944	5.1945	sold 5.1961
LST3037, 9.1946- Evan Gibb		723	Fairfield, Govan	7.1944	30.1.1945	5.1945	to War Dept. 9.1946, sold 2.1963
LST3038, 1947- Fighter	L109	724	Fairfield, Govan	1944	14.3.1945	7.1945	sold 1956
LST3039		725	Fairfield, Govan	1944	27.6.1945	---	completed mercantile 12.1951
LST3040		726	Fairfield, Govan	1944	22.9.1945	---	cancelled 1945
LST3041		1297	Harland & Wolff, Govan	1944	31.10.1944	6.1945	sold 1954
LST3042, 1947- Hunter	L180	1298	Harland & Wolff, Govan	1944	31.1.1945	11.1945	sold 1956
LST3043, 1947- Messina	L112		Scotts, Greenock	1944	27.4.1945	1945	sold 9.1980
LST3044, 1947- Narvik	L114	940	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	12.1944	29.7.1945	4.1946	sold 12.1971
LST3045		944	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	1945	24.10.1945	---	cancelled 1945
LST3501, 12.1948- Labuan (7/1946- RAN)		200	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	3.1944	24.8.1944	5.1945	sold 11.1955
LST3502		201	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	4.1944	31.8.1944	5.1945	to Greece 5.1947 (Στρυμών [Strymon])
LST3503		202	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1944	12.10.1944	5.1945	to Greece 5.1947 (Αχελώος  [Achelaos])
LST3504, 1947- Pursuer	L116	203	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1944	3.11.1944	5.1945	sold 1956
LST3505, 1947- Ravager	L117	204	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1944	23.11.1944	6.1945	BU 6.1961
LST3506		205	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1944	2.12.1944	7.1945	to Greece 4.1947 (Πηνειός [Pyneos])
LST3507		562	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1944	21.10.1944	5.1945	sold 1954
LST3508, 1947- Searcher		563	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1944	30.10.1944	6.1945	BU 6.1949
LST3509, 1946- Humphrey Gale		564	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1944	23.11.1944	6.1945	to War Dept. 1946, BU 1.1961
LST3510, 1947- Slinger	L123	565	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	6.1944	28.11.1944	7.1945	sold 1962
LST3511, 1947- Reggio	L119	566	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada // Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada	1944	29.11.1944	9.1945	BU 8.1960
LST3512		567	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	10.1944	25.4.1945	8.1945	sold 1954
LST3513, 1947- Salerno	L121	568	Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1944	26.4.1945	8.1945	sold 6.1961
LST3514, 1947- Smiter		50	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	3.1944	3.10.1944	4.1945	wrecked in tow 25.4.1949
LST3515, 1947- Stalker	L126	51	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	2.1944	16.12.1944	6.1945	submarine depot ship 1958
LST3516, 1947- Striker	L128	52	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	1944	15.2.1945	7.1945	sold 12.1970
LST3517, 1947- St. Nazaire	L125	53	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	12/1944	28.4.1945	9.1945	sold 1956
LST3518, 1947- Suvla	L129	206	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	10.1944	6.4.1944	8.1945	sold 8.1960
LST3519		207	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1944	20.4.1945	9.1945	sold 8.1946
LST3520, 1947- Thruster		208	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1944	2.5.1945	10.1945	sold 1956
LST3521		209	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1945	27.7.1945	---	cancelled 8.1945
LST3522, 1947- Tracker	L130		Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1945	9.6.1945	9.1945	sold 12.1970
LST3523, 1947- Trouncer	L133		Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1945	9.7.1945	10.1945	sold 1956
LST3524, 1947- Trumpeter	L134		Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1945	25.7.1945	11.1945	sold 1956
LST3525, 1947- Walcheren	L135		Davie SB, Luzon, Canada	1945	29.8.1945	11.1945	sold 1956
LST3526			United Shipyards, Canada	1945	11.8.1945	---	cancelled 8.1945
LST3527			United Shipyards, Canada	1945	11.8.1945	---	cancelled 8.1945
LST3528			United Shipyards, Canada	---	---	---	suspended 4.1944
LST3529			United Shipyards, Canada	---	---	---	suspended 4.1944
LST3530			Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada	1945	4.7.1945	---	cancelled 8.1945
LST3531			Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada	1945	5.6.1945	---	cancelled 8.1945
LST3532, 1947- Zeebrugge	L120		Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada	1945	19.5.1945	11.1945	sold 12.1974
LST3533			Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada	---	---	---	suspended 4.1944
LST3534		54	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	1945	23.6.1945	10.1945	sold 9.1946
LST3535		55	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	---	---	---	suspended 4.1944
LST3536		214	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1945	---	---	cancelled 8.1945
LST3537		215	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1945	11.8.1945	---	cancelled 8.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2300 light
Displacement full, t	4980
Length, m	105.9
Breadth, m	16.8
Draught, m	3.79 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	13.5
Fuel, t	oil 1400
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(11)
Armament	(2 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk XI, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV) or (4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV)
Military load	5 LCA, 1 LCT(6), 15 40t or 20 25t tanks, 14 3t trucks, 170 troops
Electronic equipment	some: nav. radar
Complement	111

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Project history

Last British version of LST, however application of heavier VTE and riveted hull instead of welded led to that the British variant yielded American on all parametres, except speed.

Modernizations

1964, Lofoten: + flight deck for helicopters, 6 Wessex helos.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.