Mark 8 Landing Craft Tank
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English: The Mark 8 (or Mk VIII) Landing Craft Tank were Second World War British landing craft but none of which saw service in that conflict.
L4001 HMS Redoubt
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L4001 HMS Redoubt - About the time of Suez.
L4002 HMAV Agheila
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L4002 HMAV Agheila - Mid 1960's.
L4037 HMS Rampart / HMAV Akyab
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L4037 HMS Rampart later HMAV Akyab - Note the enlarged forecastle and bridge structure.
L4039 HMS Parapet
[edit]L4040 HMS Bastion
[edit]L4041 HMAV Abbeville
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville beached in Village Bay, St Kilda. July 1977.
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville beached in Village Bay, St Kilda. Supply trailers are lined up on the beach. July 1977.
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville beached in Village Bay, St Kilda. July 1977.
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Bow view of L4041 HMAV Abbeville with her bow doors open. A fuel line running from the landing craft and up the beach is being used to resupply the facilities on St Kilda. July 1977.
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville tied up alongside at Benbecula. July 1977.
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Tank deck of L4041 HMAV Abbeville. July 1977.
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A Polaris missile (minus warhead) being off-loaded at Rhu Hard through the bow doors of L4041 HMAV Abbeville. The ship's pennant number (L4041) is on the bell. July 1977.
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View of the Holy Loch (from where the Polaris missile originated) from the stern of L4041 HMAV Abbeville. July 1977.
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville - This is about 1967
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville - C.1965
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L4041 HMAV Abbeville c.1969 after a collision in The Straits of Dover.
L4043 HMS Counterguard
[edit]L4061 RASCV / HMAV Audemer
[edit]L4062 RASCV Aachen
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L4062 RASCV Aachen - Note the twin funnels.
L4073 RASCV Ardennes
[edit]L4074 RASCV Antwerp
[edit]L4097 RASCV Andalsnes
[edit]L4128 HMAV Arezzo
[edit]L4148
[edit]L4164 RASCV Arakan
[edit]The "new" HMAV Ardennes - L4001 Landing Craft Logistic(LCL) Launched 1977 and the "new" HMAV Arakan - L4003 Landing Craft Logistic (LCL) Launched 1978 are currently (Nov 2010) moored next to each other in Lowestoft, and both craft have been there for some considerable time.