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HMS Thruster (F131)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Thruster and HNLMS Pelikaan.
HMS Thruster (F131) was a Mark I LST built by Harland and Wolff. Launched in September 1942 and commissioned the following March, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.
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Name | Thruster |
Ordered | 6 March 1941 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff |
Laid down | 31 July 1941 |
Launched | 24 September 1942 |
Completed | 2 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 January 1943 |
Reclassified | Fighter direction ship, 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: F131 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy, 1947 |
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Name | Pelikaan |
Acquired | 1947 |
Identification | Pennant number: A 830 |
Fate | Scrapped Bilbao 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Mark I LST |
Displacement | 3,620 |
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Capacity | 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 vehicles, 193 men |
Complement | 169 |
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