Name: | L S T 3001 |
Type: | Landing Craft |
Launched: | 15/01/1945 |
Completed: | 29/06/1945 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 89 |
Dimensions: | 2140disp - 4820disp, 316.0 x 50.0 x 8.0ft; (by 1963: 4255grt, 2333nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (18.5, 31 & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 5500ihp |
Engines by: | Hicks, Hargreaves & Co Ltd, Bolton |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1946: 181827) |
History: | |
29/06/1945 | British Royal Navy |
31/10/1946 | War Office; renamed FREDERICK CLOVER |
1953 | Ministry of Transport (Atlantic Steam Navigation, managers), London |
1961 | Managers became British India Steam Navigation Co |
1966 | Liana Naviera SA; registered in Panama; renamed PACIFIC PIONEER |
1967 | Philippine American Shipping Corp, Panama |
12/1968 | Broken up |
Comments: | Armed with 1 x 12pdr & 6 x 1 x 20mm guns |
Designated an LST(3), a UK built variant of the USA built LST(2) | |
The LST(3) were rivetted construction & steam engines rather than welded & diesels | |
Capacity of 18 x 40-ton, or 20 x 25-ton or 30 x 16-ton tanks | |
12/1968: Broken up at Hong Kong |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship