The vessel was expected to carry some three Abrams M1A1 tanks ... After World War II, with the advent of super-sized, integrated amphibious shipping, the utilitarian LST-type landing craft was ...
In less than 24 hours, more than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel, along with thousands of tanks and landing craft and nearly 200,000 men. Throughout the operation, hundreds of ships sank ...
The last surviving D-Day tank landing craft has been moved on to dry land following its final journey on water. LCT 7074 was renovated with a National Heritage Lottery fund £4.7m grant ahead of ...
During the storm in 1944, six landing craft tanks got into difficulty off the Cornish coast and more than 50 sailors died. Divers have worked with the University of Plymouth to identify the wreck.