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Name: L C T 7070
Type: Tank Landing Craft
Keel:
Launched: 23/03/1944
Completed: 1944
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 673
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