Name: | L S T 3002 |
Type: | Landing Craft |
Launched: | 29/03/1945 |
Completed: | 27/09/1945 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 90 |
Dimensions: | 2140disp - 4820disp, 316.0 x 50.0 x 8.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (18.5, 31, & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 5500ihp |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
27/09/1945 | British Royal Navy |
1953 | Government of Greece; renamed ALIAKMON |
1972 | Broken up |
Comments: | Engines probably manufactured elsewhere but installed by Vickers-Armstrongs |
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 | |
10/12/1945: Almost cut in two, near Suez, in a collision with POLAND VICTORY | |
12/12/1945: Temporary repairs carried out at Port Tewfik | |
08/1946: Repairs completed at Malta Dockyard | |
1953: Loaned to the Royal Hellenic Navy | |
25/04/1971: Sold to Greece | |
1972: Broken up in Greece |