Beskrivelse
Landing Ship Infantry
Navy The Royal Navy
Type Landing Ship Infantry
Class [No specific class]
Pennant 4.35
Mod LSI(S)
Built by Cockerill (Hoboken, Belgium)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched 23 Apr 1937
Commissioned 1941
End service
History
Completed as passenger ship in 1937.
Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 24 July 1940 and converted to an LSI(S).
Displacement: 2938 tons.
Lenght: 370 feet
Complement: 200
Machinery: 2 Shafts, Diesel engines, SHP 17000 = 23 knots.
Armament: 2 12pdr AA guns (2x1), 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 6 20mm AA (6x1)
Carried 8 LCA's and 250 troops
