Thruster was the third 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.
Royal Navy serviceedit
Thruster took part in the Salerno landing 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.[1] Later in 1944 she took British troops back into Athens in Greece.[2]Thruster was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1947.
Royal Netherlands serviceedit
She was acquired by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1947 and renamed HNLMS Pelikaan with the hull number A 830.
thruster, f131, other, ships, with, same, name, thruster, hnlms, pelikaan, mark, built, harland, wolff, launched, september, 1942, commissioned, following, march, service, part, allied, invasion, italy, thrusterhistory, united, kingdom, namethruster, ordered6,. For other ships with the same name see HMS Thruster and HNLMS Pelikaan HMS Thruster F131 was a Mark I LST built by Harland and Wolff Launched in September 1942 and commissioned the following March she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy HMS ThrusterHistory United Kingdom NameThruster Ordered6 March 1941 BuilderHarland and Wolff Laid down31 July 1941 Launched24 September 1942 Completed2 April 1943 Commissioned28 January 1943 ReclassifiedFighter direction ship 1944 IdentificationPennant number F131 FateTransferred to Royal Netherlands Navy 1947 Netherlands NamePelikaan Acquired1947 IdentificationPennant number A 830 FateScrapped Bilbao 1973 General characteristics TypeMark I LST Displacement3 620 Speed18 knots laden to beaching draught 16 5 knots at deep Capacity13 Churchill infantry tanks 27 vehicles 193 men Complement169 Service record Operations Allied invasion of Italy Normandy landings Contents 1 Design and development 2 Royal Navy service 3 Royal Netherlands service 4 See also 5 ReferencesDesign and development editMain article Landing Ship Tank Thruster was the third 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 Royal Navy service editThruster took part in the Salerno landing 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 1 Later in 1944 she took British troops back into Athens in Greece 2 Thruster was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1947 Royal Netherlands service editShe was acquired by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1947 and renamed HNLMS Pelikaan with the hull number A 830 See also editHMS Boxer HMS BruiserReferences edit HMS Thruster Landing Ship Tank of WW2 www combinedops com Retrieved 20 June 2021 bbc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Thruster F131 amp oldid 1192003795, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
