A day or two later that week a large landing craft came into the mouth of the Old Harbour (now the Victoria Marina) with lorries fully laden, driving out of the ship down the ramp formed by the ...

The blazing hulk of the landing craft made us stand out an easy target. The bravery of the 'Beagle's' officers and ship's company was something I shall never forget.' - 2 - ...

After the war a large landing craft, USS LST 291, veteran of D-Day came to grief on Eleuthera’s reefs and was freed after nearly two weeks of blasting the reef, only to be scuttled later.

The father of Steve Todd from Cleobury Mortimer commanded a large landing craft. Hundreds of events are taking place in Provence this year to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Dragoon.

World War Two landing craft LCT 7074 as restoration work is undertaken at the Naval Base in Portsmouth, in April 2019 prior to it moving to its final home at the D-Day Story in Southsea (Andrew ...