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Name: L C T 4
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 23/12/1940
Completed: 12/1940
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 32
Dimensions: 226disp - 372disp, 135.0 x 28.0 x 8.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Petrol engines, 6cyl (5.25 x 7.0ins), 1000bhp
Engines by: Hall-Scott, Berkeley, California
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns
History:
12/1940 British Royal Navy
1946 Government of Italy
No later history known
Comments: Tank Landing Craft - Mark 1
1946: Transferred to Italy


Above photo showing a typical LCT-Mark 1 is courtesy of Kevin Blair