Bruiser was the second of the LST Mk.1 class ships which could carry 13 Churchill tanks, 27 other vehicles and 193 men. It had a high speed even when laden for the assault (about 18 knots) but did not have a shallow draught, which meant that a 140 ft (43 m) long bow ramp had to be added and this took up a lot of room inside the ship.
Bruiser had only two sister ships, as plans to build more in the United States led instead to a simpler though slower design capable of similar capacity but with a much shallower draught.
Service
Bruiser took part in the Salerno landing[2] in 1943. In 1944, she was refitted as a "fighter direction ship", for use during the Normandy landings in controlling fighter aircraft by ground-controlled interception. Later in 1944 she took British troops back into Athens in Greece.[2]Bruiser was sold into merchant service in 1946.
Merchant service
Bruiser was sold in 1946 for merchant service as Nilla. In 1951 she was converted to a cargo liner and renamed Silverstar. In 1957 she became Ciudad de Santa Fe[3] and was broken up in Argentina in 1968.[4]
bruiser, f127, other, ships, with, same, name, bruiser, bruiser, built, landing, ship, tank, harland, wolff, launched, october, 1942, commissioned, following, march, service, part, allied, invasion, italy, bruiserhistoryunited, kingdomnamehms, bruiserordered6,. For other ships with the same name see HMS Bruiser HMS Bruiser was built as a Landing Ship Tank LST 1 at Harland and Wolff Launched in October 1942 and commissioned the following March she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy HMS BruiserHistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS BruiserOrdered6 March 1941 1 BuilderHarland and WolffLaunched24 October 1942Completed2 April 1943Commissioned12 March 1943Out of service1946IdentificationPennant number F127 1 FateSold for merchant service 1946 Scrapped 1968General characteristicsTypeLanding Ship Tank Mark IDisplacement3 620Speed18 knots laden to beaching draught 16 5 knots at deepCapacity13 Churchill infantry tanks 27 vehicles 193 menComplement169Service recordOperations Allied invasion of Italy Normandy landings Contents 1 Design and development 2 Service 3 Merchant service 4 See also 5 ReferencesDesign and development EditBruiser was the second of the LST Mk 1 class ships which could carry 13 Churchill tanks 27 other vehicles and 193 men It had a high speed even when laden for the assault about 18 knots but did not have a shallow draught which meant that a 140 ft 43 m long bow ramp had to be added and this took up a lot of room inside the ship Bruiser had only two sister ships as plans to build more in the United States led instead to a simpler though slower design capable of similar capacity but with a much shallower draught Service EditBruiser took part in the Salerno landing 2 in 1943 In 1944 she was refitted as a fighter direction ship for use during the Normandy landings in controlling fighter aircraft by ground controlled interception Later in 1944 she took British troops back into Athens in Greece 2 Bruiser was sold into merchant service in 1946 Merchant service EditBruiser was sold in 1946 for merchant service as Nilla In 1951 she was converted to a cargo liner and renamed Silverstar In 1957 she became Ciudad de Santa Fe 3 and was broken up in Argentina in 1968 4 See also EditHMS Boxer HMS ThrusterReferences Edit a b HMS Bruiser F 127 a b bbc Ciudad de Santa Fe Histarmar in Spanish Retrieved 7 December 2022 Bruiser 5074707 Miramar Ship Index Retrieved 31 January 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Bruiser F127 amp oldid 1126078948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
