Name: | M L C 68 |
Type: | Landing Craft Mechanised |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 29/11/1940 |
Completed: | 20/12/1940 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1617 |
Dimensions: | 40.0 x 14.0 x 4.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x Petrol engines, Crown Marine type, 6cyl (3.395 x 4.5ins), 64bhp |
Engines by: | Chrysler Corporation, Detroit |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | |
History: | |
20/12/1940 | British Royal Navy |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Built over rails on No2 berth & when ready for launching |
two bogies fitted underneath & run down rails at low water. | |
Floated off on the rising tide. |