L9531 - LCA Mark II - Dutch Navy, Westkapelle, NL - Military Ships and Submarines (Decommissioned) on Waymarking.com

In the open ground of the Dyke and War Museum, you see a landing craft which is marked with LCT 737 and British naval camouflage. It is a "mockup" for a real in WW II used British LCT which set out a Sherman Crab tank on this beach during the "Battle of the Scheld".

The landing craft in realitiy is dutch, a LCA Mark II.

LCA mark II:

Building Year 1984 / 1985

Material Polyester

Length 16 meters

Width 4,20 meter

Hight 5.30 meter

Weight 17 - 20 tons

Beam 1,40 meter

Machine 1 DAF diesel 280 hp

Propulsion 1 x Schottel

Crew 3

Loading capacity:
20 man + arctic equipment or
34 man + european equipment
or 1 Jeep of 1 BV (bandwagen)

Velocity 11 knots

Armament 1 ".50" machine gun

Special Equipment:
1 x coast navigation radar
1 x marifoon

Build Serialnumbers are
L9530, L9531, L9532, L9533,
L9534, L9535

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Type of vessel: landing craft Hours of use: From: 12:01 AM To: 12:00 AM Admission? Cost?: no Date: 12/20/1984 Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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