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Landing Craft LCT 7074
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January 4, 2022
LCT7074 - A VETERAN OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS An incredible survivor, LCT is the last remaining Landing Craft Tank from D-Day, one of history’s most famous war time operations. An incredible survivor, LCT is the last remaining Landing Craft Tank from D-Day, one of history’s most famous war time operations. Experts from the Museum and the world of Marine Archology have been working alongside the D-Day Story museum, to restore this Second World War hero back to her former glory. This impressive restoration has been made possible thanks to a £4.7 million pound grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. When this ambitious project has been completed LCT 7074 will be on display to the public outside the D-Day Story Museum in Southsea alongside the stories of other D-Day heroes. When she was rescued by the Museum, she was rusty, unloved and covered in barnacles! But now she is transformed. She has received a new external paint finish which brings back her disruptive pattern used to help with camouflage, her funnel has been replaced, important electrical works carried out and her replica guns and rocket launchers have been fitted. She has also been moved to her new home outside the D-Day Story in Southsea. Just like D-Day moving this 300 tonne ship was a complex mission. The ambitious move took 3 days and started with LCT being placed on a barge in order to be tugged out of Portsmouth Naval Base. She then made the short journey by water to a beach near Southsea. Once on dry land, LCT was transported by road to Southsea Common. Two refurbished tanks where then installed on her decks before she was lifted into her final position. Final touches are now being made to LCT 7074 before she opens to the public later this year. The history of LCT 7074 LCT 7074 is a unique survivor from the Second World War. On 6 June 1944, more than 800 Landing Craft Tanks took part in D-Day’s Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious landing in history. Today, LCT is the only surviving Landing Craft Tank left from this momentous day. This significant vessel is more than 57 meters long and weighs over 300 tons. During her time in active service she carried a crew of 12 men and her purpose was to carry troops and up to ten tanks to the beaches of Normandy. After the Second World War, LCT had a varied history as she was repurposed into a floating clubhouse and nightclub from the 1960’s to 1980’, however she soon fell into disrepair. She was then rescued by the National Museum of the Royal Navy in 2014 and has now been restored to how she would have looked during the D-Day Landings.
LCT7074 - A VETERAN OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS An incredible survivor, LCT is the last remaining Landing Craft Tank from D-Day, one of history’s most famous war time operations. An incredible survivor, LCT is the last remaining Landing Craft Tank from D-Day, one of history’s most famous war time oper…
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Clarence Esplanade
Portsmouth, England