Landing Infantry Kraft

See also: LCI (homonymy)

The LCI or Landing Craft Infantry is large a Péniche planned for the transport of troops built with 1  139 specimens between 1942 and 1945 with the the United States and the the United Kingdom.

It is about the one of the first categories of Bâtiment of unloading conceived right from the start for this function.

270 specimens are delivered to the Royal Navy of which 20 will be transformed into LCH of command.

The first units, of LCI-1 with LCI-350 form type 1 characterized by a footbridge low and rectangular. The following units of LCI-351 with LCI-1139 which are different from the first by a footbridge of higher circular navigation form type 2 (or type 351). They are divided themselves into 2 under-versions, certain units having received a double door and a small slope with the front one.

After the Second world war or these small ships were essential for large the combined Débarquement S, these ships are widely distributed in the world and had a long career.

The French National marine accepted 32 from them, which was used in the Guerre as Indo-China; The majority had a largely reinforced armament and were used as Canonnière S along the rivers of the area.

Main features of the standard LCI 1 and type 351

  • light Displacement:

    • Standard 1: 194 to 216 tons
    • Standard 351: 238 to 258 tons

  • Displacement PC:

    • Standard 1: 381 tons
    • Standard 351: 387 tons

  • Length:

    • Standard 1: 46,63 Meter S
    • Standard 351: 48,31 m

  • Width: 7,21 meters

  • light Draft:
    • Standard 1: 0,81 m AV and 1,47 to 1,52 m AR
  • Draft with full load: 1,62 m AV and 1,80 AR
  • Propulsion: 8 Driving S Gray Marine 6/71 from 225 to 250 CH coupled on 2 2, lines of trees Propeller S
  • Combustible: 110 ton S, 130 on the type 351
  • Maximum speed: 14 node S
  • Speed: 13 nodes, 11 with full load
  • Range operating:
    • Standard 1: 4  000 miles with 12 nodes
    • Standard 351: until 8  000 miles with 12 nodes

  • Transport capacity:

    • Standard 1: 6 officers and 182 men or 75 tons
    • Standard 351: 9 officers and 201 men or 82 tons
  • Crew:
  • Armament of origin:
    • Standard 1 (Royal Navy): Vickers of 40 mm and 3 Standard Oerlikon of 20 mm
    • 1 (US Navy): 4 or 5 Oerlikon of 20 mm
    • Standard 351: 5 Oerlikon of 20 mm
  • Armament after transformation into French Indo-China:
    • Standard 1 (1947): a part of 75 mm, 1 of 40 mm, 2 of 20 mm, 1 or 2 Machine-gun S of 12,7 mm, 2 of 7,62 mm, 2 mortars of 81 mm
    • Standard (1952): 1 part of 76 mm, 1 of 40 mm, 2 of 20 mm, 4 machine-guns of 7,5 mm, 2 mortars of 81 mm
    • Standard 351: 1 part of 76 mm, 1 of 40 mm, 2 of 20 mm, 4 machine-guns of 7,5 mm, 2 mortars of 81 mm, 2 mortars of 60 mm

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