| Name: | LST 3019 |
| Type: | Landing Ship |
| Keel: | 13/03/1944 |
| Launched: | 04/09/1944 |
| Completed: | 30/12/1944 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1818 |
| 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: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr & 6 x 1 x 20mm guns |
| History: | |
| 30/12/1944 | British Royal Navy |
| 1947 | Renamed VAAGSO |
| 12/1959 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 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 | |
| Designed to carry 18 x 40-ton tanks or more smaller tanks or vehicles | |
| 12/1959: Broken up at Faslane |
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