Name: | L C T 18 |
Type: | Tank Landing Craft |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 12/11/1940 |
Completed: | 26/11/1940 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 642 |
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: | |
26/11/1940 | British Royal Navy |
1945 | United Nations (Relief & Rehabilitation Administration) |
No later history known | |
Comments: |
Above photo showing a typical LCT-Mark 1 is courtesy of Kevin Blair