Name: | L S T 3017 |
Type: | Tank Landing Craft |
Launched: | 28/11/1944 |
Completed: | 09/06/1945 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 679 |
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: | North-Eastern Marine Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1945 | British Royal Navy |
01/07/1946 | Royal Australian Navy |
1948 | Renamed TARAKAN |
12/03/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | 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 | |
25/01/1950: Damaged by an internal explosion whilst at Garden Island, Sydney | |
Not repaired but laid up in reserve | |
12/03/1954: Sold for breaking up by EA Marr & Sons Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW |