Name: | L C T 7071 |
Type: | Tank Landing Craft |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 22/03/1944 |
Completed: | 1944 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 674 |
Dimensions: | 350disp - 625disp, 175.0 x 31.0 x 5.3(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Petrol engines, 2000hp |
Engines by: | Sterling Engine Co, Buffalo, New York |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns |
History: | |
22/03/1944 | British Royal Navy |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Tank Landing Craft - Mark III |
Designed to carry 5 x 40tons tanks or 11 x 20tons tanks |
Above photo of a typical LCT Mark III is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of a typical LCT Mark III is copyright of the Imperial War Museum