British Landing Craft on D-Day

Just to complicate things, the RN & RCN also built LC to their own specs.

Their version of an LCVP had steel plate on it, and had a pair of swining metal doors in the bow (famously repeatedly used as a "clip" in alomst every video of D-Day).

So, one of the reasons the USN vessel is an LCI (L), is because it's larger than the similar British LCI (and then, there's the complication that the US Army also contracted for various amphib craft--in case a person wondered why a "Mike" boat, an LCM, went from LCM-3 to LCM-5 in USN service . . .)

Like so much else, you have to have references, references, references (and references for the references <g>).

CapnMac82 wrote:

Just to complicate things, the RN & RCN also built LC to their own specs. Their version of an LCVP had steel plate on it, and had a pair of swining metal doors in the bow (famously repeatedly used as a "clip" in alomst every video of D-Day).

To which specifications should Britian and Canada build landing craft for their respective navies other than their own?  

Friedman's book on the design & development of US Navy amphibious ships and craft details the British connection in the development of US amphibs.   While the US attempted to build to RN design specs,  they found that certain "continental" designs were incapable of successfully crossing the ocean.  They had to be improved to complete (heck - even to begin) the mission.

The RN landing craft with the doors is called a LCA.

I beleive that Allan Raven's Royal Navy Camouflage Number 4 has  RN camo patterns applied to landing craft.   The book is a paperback, similar to a Squadron Inaction book.   It is publishsed by Warship Perpectives - Jeff Herne can provide information on contacting them.   His book on Fletchers is also a Warship Perpectives book.

As Ed mentioned, the camouflage patterns used on RN landing craft are pictured in Volume 4 of the Royal Navy Camouflage series from WR Press. The patterns all used White and B30.

We stock the book, and the colours are available accurately-matched in our Colourcoats enamels. You can find everything you need on our secure website.

Cheers,

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