![]() ![]() The tank deck swept up above the waterline near the bow before falling away again to the ramp. They were designed on the same principle as a floating dock, with watertight side pontoons on each side joined by a tank deck set below the waterline. It was designed to land three of the heaviest tanks (40t) then envisaged for the British Army in 2 ft 6ins of water on a 1:35 gradient beach. The first LCT Mark 1 was launched by Hawthorn Leslie in November 1940. )Ģ × 350 hp (261 kW) Hall-Scott petrol engine, 2 shafts Designated the LCT Mark 1, 20 were ordered in July 1940 and a further 10 in October 1940. Its speed was 10 knots (19 km/h 12 mph) on engines delivering about 700 hp (520 kW). It was at the insistence of the British prime minister Winston Churchill in mid-1940 that the LCT was created. It was later developed into the landing craft mechanised. It weighed 16 tons, with a draught of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m), and was capable of about 6 knots (11 km/h 6.9 mph). In 1926, the first motor landing craft (MLC1) was built by the Royal Navy. ![]() Winston Churchill, Memo to War Department, 1940 ![]()
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