HMS LCT 7074 IN DOCK 39

LCT 7074 A BRITISH TYPE 3 TANK LANDING CRAFT 1944

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

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OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Builders: Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Operators: Royal Navy
Built: 1944
In service: 1944-45
Completed: 235
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Displacement: 640 long tons (650 t)
Length: 192 ft (59 m)
Beam: 30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught: 3 ft 10 in (1.17 m) (forward)
Propulsion: 2 × 460 hp (343 kW) Paxman diesels or Sterling petrol engines, 2 shafts
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Range: 2,700 nmi (5,000 km)
Capacity: 300 long tons (305 t) of cargo
Complement: 12
Armament: 2 × single 2-pounder pom-pom or 2 × single Bofors 40 mm guns
Armour:

Wheelhouse : 15 lb
Gun shields : 20 lb

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