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HMS Bruiser (F127)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bruiser.
HMS Bruiser was built as a Landing Ship, Tank (LST(1)) at Harland and Wolff. Launched in October 1942 and commissioned the following March, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.
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Name | HMS Bruiser |
Ordered | 6 March 1941[1] |
Builder | Harland and Wolff |
Launched | 24 October 1942 |
Completed | 2 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 March 1943 |
Out of service | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: F127[1] |
Fate | Sold for merchant service 1946. Scrapped 1968 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Landing Ship, Tank Mark I |
Displacement | 3,620 |
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Capacity | 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 vehicles, 193 men |
Complement | 169 |
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