NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
אף על פי כן [Afal Pyakan] (ex-NSC(L)79, ex-LCT(R)147)			Stockton, Thornaby, UK	6.1941	23.9.1941	12.1941 // 1948	stricken 1958
'גוש עציון' [Gosh Atzion] (ex-LCT1..)	F39		UK			1941-42 // 1948	stricken 1957

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	296
Displacement full, t	460
Length, m	48.8
Breadth, m	9.45
Draught, m	1.63 deep load 2.13 max
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Paxman diesels
Power, h. p.	1380
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 41
Endurance, nm(kts)	1350(11)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3
Military load	3 40t or 7 20t tanks or 250t cargo
Complement	12

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Project history

Former British TLC(2) type tank landing craft. First ship arrived Israel with refugees on board, second was purchased from Royal Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.