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LT5 1946

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
L260 (ex-LCT7003) L260   Findlay, Old Kilpatrick, UK   1944 1944 // 1945 returned 1.1946
LCT7037     Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK   25.4.1944 6.1944 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT7048     Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK   17.3.1944 1944 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT7052     Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK   21.3.1944 4.1944 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT7053     Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK   7.4.1944 4.1944 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT7093     Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK   17.5.1944 1944 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT7100     Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK   23.3.1944 3.1944 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT345     Stockton, Thornaby, UK 5.1942 12.7.1942 7.1942 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT411     Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK   1942 1942 // 11.1945 returned 2.1946
LCT456     Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK   1943 1943 // 2.1946 returned 5.1946
LT5 (ex-LCT7031) 1950- L9601   Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK   1944 1944 // 1946 stricken 1965
LT6 (ex-LCT7033) 1950- L9602   Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK   1944 1944 // 1946 stricken 1961
LT7 (ex-LCT7118) 1950- L9603   Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK   1944 1944 // 1946 stricken 1953
LT8 (ex-LCT7121) 1950- L9604   Redpath Brown, Meadowside, UK   1945 1945 // 1946 stricken 1953
LT9 (ex-LCT7122) 1950- L9605   Arrol, Meadowside, UK   30.1.1945 1945 // 1946 stricken 1953
LT10 (ex-LCT7125) 1950- L9606   Arrol, Meadowside, UK   30.3.1945 1945 // 1946 stricken 1965


Technical data


Displacement standard, t350
Displacement full, t640
Length, m

58.1

Breadth, m9.45
Draught, m

1.65 deep load 2.03 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Sterling petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

11.5

Fuel, t

petrol 21.9

Endurance, nm(kts)

1900(10.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III

Military load

5 40t or 11 20t tanks or 300t cargo

Electronic equipmentsome: nav. radar
Complement12


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<i>LT5</i> 1946
LT5 1946


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<i>LT5</i> 1946
LT5 1946


Project history

British LCT(3)-type craft. Version of LCT(2) lengthened on 10m. Hull could been disassembled on 5 parts for transportation on large distances.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.