Name: | L C T 3 |
Type: | Landing Craft |
Launched: | 16/12/1940 |
Completed: | 12/1940 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 31 |
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 |
1945 | Renamed NSCL 94 |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Tank Landing Craft - Mark 1 |
Able to carry 3 x 40tons tanks or 6 x 20tons tanks | |
11/10/1945: Sank at Kos, subsequently raised | |
1945: Converted to an auxiliary vessel |
Above photo showing a typical LCT-Mark 1 is courtesy of Kevin Blair