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Name: L C T 29
Type: Tank Landing Craft
Keel:
Launched: 17/03/1941
Completed: 04/04/1941
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 644
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:
04/04/1941 British Royal Navy
06/1945 Broken up
Comments: 06/1945: Broken up at Troon


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