LCM 1
The Landing Craft, Mechanised Mark 1 or LCM (1) was a landing craft used extensively in the Second World War. Its primary purpose was to ferry tanks from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. Ferrying troops, other vehicles, and supplies were secondary tasks. The craft derived from a prototype designed by John I. Thornycroft Ltd. of Woolston, Hampshire, UK. During the war it was manufactured in the United Kingdom in boatyards and steel works. Constructed of steel and selectively clad with armour plate, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat with a crew of 6, could ferry a tank of 16 long tons to shore at 7 knots (13 km/h). Depending on the weight of the tank to be transported the craft might be lowered into the water by its davits already loaded or could have the tank placed in it afte
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LCM 1
The Landing Craft, Mechanised Mark 1 or LCM (1) was a landing craft used extensively in the Second World War. Its primary purpose was to ferry tanks from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. Ferrying troops, other vehicles, and supplies were secondary tasks. The craft derived from a prototype designed by John I. Thornycroft Ltd. of Woolston, Hampshire, UK. During the war it was manufactured in the United Kingdom in boatyards and steel works. Constructed of steel and selectively clad with armour plate, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat with a crew of 6, could ferry a tank of 16 long tons to shore at 7 knots (13 km/h). Depending on the weight of the tank to be transported the craft might be lowered into the water by its davits already loaded or could have the tank placed in it afte
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The Landing Craft, Mechanised ...... Mechanised Mark 1” or LCM(1).
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Builders
John I. Thornycroft Ltd. and others
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LCM , LCM , LCM
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Landing Craft Mechanised Mark 1
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*border|link=*|24pxRoyal Canadian Navy
*border|link=|24pxRoyal Indian Navy
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Ship armour
*10 lb. DIHT on bulkheads and sides
*7.8 lb. DIHT .
Ship crew
Six: coxswain, stoker, and four seamen, plus one officer per group of three boats
Ship draught
*loaded: 2 ft 6 in fwd, 3 ft 6 in aft
*light: 1 ft 4 in fwd, 2 ft 9 in aft
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Ship notes
*British Vessels Lost at Sea, ...... ernment Printing Office, 1944.
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Total ships lost
*1939–1945: 132
*2 in 1940
*11 in 1941
*39 in 1942
*7 in 1943
*66 in 1944
*7 in 1945
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The Landing Craft, Mechanised ...... ave the tank placed in it afte
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LCM 1
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