Rare WWII 1942 Classified British D-Day Landing Craft TLC IV Blueprint Lot Relic for Sale

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Rare WWII 1942 Classified British D-Day Landing Craft TLC IV Blueprint Lot Relic For Sale

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Rare WWII 1942 Classified British D-Day Landing Craft TLC IV Blueprint Lot Relic:
$440.00

OriginalClassifiedPre D-Day Landing Craft Blueprint.

From a huge estate collection of anauthorthatobtained thisoriginal ‘highly classified’ secret 1942 dated British landing craft naval blueprint to create a book on WWII amphibious attack ships used in both theaters of war -specifically landing craft. These blueprints have been in his collection for over 75 years as he held closely other WWII maps and blueprintsfrom the U.S. Military. This truly is a lot worthy of display in a museum, or in an advanced private collection. I acquired almost the entire collection from this author and am listing the listings slowly as I go through everything. These are all originals and there are no copies or reproductions as the author only referenced originals and other blueprints, deigns, photographs I am listing.

Theseblueprints were also shared with the US as they prepared for D-Day and other theateroperations.

Second World War:

Specialized infantry landing craft

In the run up to WWII, many specialized landing craft, both for infantry and vehicles, were developed. In November 1938, the BritishInter-Service Training and Development Centreproposed a new type of landing craft.Its specifications were to weigh less than tenlong tons, to be able to carry the thirty-one men of a British Armyplatoonand five engineers orsignallers, and to be so shallow drafted as to be able to land them, wet only up to their knees, in eighteen inches of water.All of these specifications made the LCA; a separate set of requirements were laid down for a vehicle and supplies carrier, although previously the two roles had been combined in theMotor Landing Craft.

Royal Navy Beach Commandosaboard a LCA of the 529th Flotilla, Royal Navy.

J. S. Whiteof Cowes built a prototype to the Fleming design.Eight weeks later the craft was doing trials on theRiver Clyde. All landing craft designs must find a compromise between two divergent priorities; the qualities that make a good sea boat are opposite those that make a craft suitable for beaching.The craft had a hull built of double-diagonalmahoganyplanking. The sides were plated with \"10lb. DIHT\" armour, a heat treated steel based on D1 steel,[11]in this caseHadfield’s Resista ¼\".

USSLCI-326, aLanding Craft Infantry, during training forD-Day

The LCA remained the most common British andCommonwealthlanding craft of World War II, and the humblest vessel admitted to the books of theRoyal NavyonD-Day. Prior to July 1942, these craft were referred to as “Landing Craft\" (ALC), but \"Landing Craft;\" (LCA) was used thereafter to conform with the joint US-UK nomenclature system.

TheLanding Craft Infantrywas a stepped upamphibious assault ship, developed in response to a British request for a vessel capable of carrying and landing substantially more troops than the smaller (LCA). The result was a small steel ship that could land 200 troops, traveling from rear bases on its own bottom at a speed of up to 15 knots. The original British design was envisioned as being a \"one time use\" vessel which would simply ferry the troops across theEnglish Channel, and were considered an expendable vessel. As such, no troop sleeping accommodations were placed in the original design. This was changed shortly after initial use of these ships, when it was discovered that many missions would require overnight accommodations.

The first LCI(L)s entered service in 1943 chiefly with the Royal Navy and United States Navy. Some 923 LCI were built in ten American shipyards and 211 provided under lend-lease to the Royal Navy.