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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.