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Hello,

A  couple  of  shots  showing  the  armour  on  the  LCA.  It  only  really  covered  the  troop  compartment.  There  were  also  armoured  doors  between  the  ramp  and  the  troop  compartment.

 

The  US  “Higgins”  boat  was  an  all  timber  construction  craft  and  had  no  armour.

 

I  do  not  have  any  photos  handy  of  them  in  action  at  the  moment  but  if you  go  to he  Imperial  War  Museum  website,  http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.asp,  you  can  search  their  online  catalogue  of  photos  and  this  throws  up  a  range  of  photos  showing  the  LCA  and  other  landing  craft  in  use.

 

Thanks  for  letting  me  know  that  the  LCM  is  still  there.  I’ll  have  to  try  and  get  down  there  to take  some  photos  of  it.

 

I  think  the  local.live.com  photos  are  a  bit  more  up  to  date  than  some  of  the  Google  Earth  shots.  Just  a  pity  they  don’t  cover  a  bit  more  of  the  country  as  their  “birds  eye  view”  is  pretty  good  for  spotting  different  craft.

 

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Hi all, Danny, you just jogged my memory a bit. The L.C. that was for sale a short while ago in Bristol was a Higgins boat. Still trying to find the Photo. Alex.

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Hi all, I will be in Birsledon over the weekend and will try to post some pictures.  The local.live photo is at least one possibly 2 years old but is still very good.  Thanks for pointing that out it's a very usefull tool!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dgray Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:07pm
Hi Danny,
Thanks for the photos. Where is/was the boat in the photos?  I'd like to find one in that condition to add to my collection of long awaiting 'to do' projects.  I think that if a D-Day/WW2 LCA survivor is found, it should be saved (if at all practical).   I don't think many people know of their existance or the few survivors left.
Thanks again





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Hello,

The  LCA  was  outside  the  museum  at  Arromanches.  It  was  broken  up  around  1993/94.  Supposedly  the  upkeep  was  too  expensive.

 

There  was  another  LCA  at  the  Utah  Beach  museum  but  I  am  not  sure  if  it  is  still  there.  All  the  recent  photos  I  have  seen  show  a  “Higgins”  boat  in  the  position  the LCA  used  to  be  in.  I  don’t  know  if  the  LCA  was  broken  up  or  moved.

 

I  did  read  that  both  were  “D  Day”  veterans.

 

As  far  as  I  know  there  are  no  wartime  LCA’s  in  any  museum in  the  UK.  The  D  Day  museum  in  Portsmouth  has  a  “Higgins”  boat  on  display   and  the  IWM  at  Duxford  has  a  mock  up  of  a  section  of  an  LCA.

 

Would  be  great  if  one  could  be  put  on  display  but  I  am  not  sure  what  is  left  under  the  woodwork  of  the  survivors  being  used  as  houseboats.

 

The  attached  photos  shows  part  of  what  was  buried  in  the  mud  at  Warsash.  Not  sure  what’s  left  now.

 

There  was  a post  war  version  for  sale  on  eBay  recently.  It  was  not  sold.  Link  is  below  if  you  want  to  have  a  look  at  it.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&a mp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150103 754037&rd=1&rd=1

 

Would  be  interesting  to  see  the  photo  of the  “Higgins”  boat  that  was  for  sale  if  you  can  find  it.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dgray Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 April 2007 at 3:21pm
Great info guys, thanks.
I suppose that there is none around the UK that could be saved.   Shame really. Still, I guess they were only designed to last a few years.




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Is the boat at Swannick fairly complete?
Any idea of the length of one of these LCA's?
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The LCA at Swanick / Bursledon is owned by the Riverside Boatyard, who used to use it with the excavator as seen in the photos previously. To the best of my knowledge it has not moved in the last  12 months.

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More Pics!

 

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