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    Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:27pm
Do any small non LCT (tank)  landing craft from ww2 survive in the UK?
(Any abandoned ones around)?
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Originally posted by dgray dgray wrote:

Do any small non LCT (tank)  landing craft from ww2 survive in the UK?
(Any abandoned ones around)?
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There is a landing craft at Swannick  on the river Hamble, on the shore opposite the Whaleback houseboat, I'm not sure if its WW2, I think it might be. Its in quite a state.
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There was a small one for sale on MILWEB a month or two back. Restored and running based in The Bristol area I think. I've seen pictures of it carrying a jeep and a few men. Try looking on the national historic ships register, I think I've seen it mentioned there too. The price didn't seem all that high, about ten thousand pounds from memory but you'd have to really want one! Alex.
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Thanks Alex.  I was just wondering about one as you never see them.
lol about really wanting one!   You'd have to live on an island somewhere.
Isle of Wight anyone?

Anyone know of any pictures of  current ones?

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I do know a chap who a number of years ago contracted that sinking feeling whilst driving an Alvis Stalwart across the solent and got in to all kinds of trouble for landing in a hurry on the queen's private beach at Osbourn house! He was dining out on that one, on and off for some months....
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Hello,

Here  are  a  couple  of  photos  of  the  Landing  Craft  Assault  that  is  located  near  Bursledon  on  the  river  Hamble.  These  were  taken  a  few  ago  now  so I  imagine  that  its  in  pretty  poor  state  now.

There  were  also  a  few  other  bits  of  LCA’s  on  show  when  there  was  a  low  tide.  Do  not  know  if  these  were  all  cleared  up  when  the  LCI(s)  there  was  broken  up.

There  are  a  few  other  LCA’s  around.  Bembridge  and  Shoreham  have  a  couple  of  LCA  in  use  as  houseboats.

Believe  the  one  near  Swanwick  on  river  Hamble  is  an  LCT  Mk 7.

Can  dig  out  some  photos  of  these  if you  would  like  to  see  them.

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I would be intrested in seeing the mk7 LCT.Can you poste some pics please?
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Hi,

Jumped  the  gun  with  the  landing  craft  mark  at  Swanwick.  Should  have  put  LCM 7  not  LCT 7.

 

Have  attached  a  couple  of  photos.  One  mine  and  the  aerial  photo  is  from  http://local.live.com/.

 

The  local.live.com  photo  is  a  better  quality  if  you  visit  the  website.  I  had  to  reduce  the  size  of  it  to  post  it  here.

 

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I dont know how up to date live.local is, but I can confirm its still there complete with yellow digger! Its quite visible from the M27.

 

 

 

 
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Thanks for all the replies. I presumed that, landing on enemy beaches and all, that they'd be build of steel.  Perhaps the US LC's were steel.

Are there any photos of this type  in service. It's hard to visualise this boat as a military craft.

Thanks again
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