Royal Navy landing craft boat test | Driving a humble hero of the Falklands War | MBY
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- This humble workhorse of the Royal Navy, and a descendant of the World War II landing craft that were central in the D-Day landings, F8 played a vital role
in the re-taking of the Falkland Islands back in 1982.
For our latest Christmas boat test special, Motor Boat & Yachting editor Hugo Andreae put this landing craft through its paces to get an idea of what that must have felt like...
Foxtrot 8 landing craft specifications
LOA: 43ft 0in (13.11m)
Beam: 10ft 6in (3.20m)
Draft: 1ft 10in (0.56m)
Displacement: 12.5 tonnes
Capacity: 35 men or 2 Champs (weight 4 tonnes)
Test engines: Twin 185hp Weichair WP6 185-21
Top speed: 11.3 knots
Cruising speed: 8 knots
Range: 140nm
Built: 1959
Manufacturer: Dorset Yacht Company, Poole
Cost of restoration: £250,000
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I crewed LCVP H3 on HMS Hermes, 1978 to 1980, brilliant seeing this LCVP being so lovingly restored, brought back many happy memories, Norway, jollies to Capri for BBQs etc.
My father told a story about a boat like this that they had on a USCG icebreaker he was on in the 1970's. Basically, some crew members took the small craft out on a leisure trip (i.e. drink beer and muck around) to a small island around the Bering Strait. Fog set in and they were unable to navigate back to the ship. The Coast Guard then had to go rescue the Coast Guard. The CO was not pleased.
Stumbled across this, I served on Hermes during Falklands we to had four LCVP onboard. I certainly remember going ashore on them when the ship anchored ofshore, a very wet way to grab a beer. My mate was on Fearless, he was once thrown from one side of the engine room to the other just from the concussion of a bomb near miss.
Excellent piece Hugo.
Lest we remember the 6 fallen aboard the LCU F4, bombed and sunk in Choiseul Sound on June 8th 1982.
Thanks Andy, indeed. Sounds like you have a personal connection to the Navy?
Great to see my old craft still going
Hi Hugo. This is an Epic video. My family served in that War. A fantastic boat, built for purpose, able to carry 2 swb landrovers. Such history restored and still running. Awesome walkthrough tour thanks 😊
From here in the States we must tell you this is excellent produced and presented. Thanks so much for sharing and the best of luck!
I served on HMS INTREPID, sister ship of FEARLESS, they had eight landing craft, four LCM and four LCVP’s. The LCM’s located in the docking area at the stern of the ship the dock could be dry when the ship is under sail and flooded when needed to vacate the ship. The LCVP’s hung on davits on each side of the ship!
What a fab tour, and the idea of trips Wow !! Great video Hugo
Thanks Sophie
Thank you so much for showing and sharing this with us!!!
It was a genuine pleasure for me too
Much thanks for bringing this to us. Being retired USN I liked this as well as the normal fare.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good on ya for bringing us this bit of history.
Remember lowering the 4 LCVP’s in San Carlos Water during the Falklands War from HMS Fearless, Coxswains were Cpl’s White, Douglas, Haslam & Walker if I can remember
Gravity or Power lower from the Davits once given clearance from the Bridge.
Great "history lesson"!
nice video
Excellent. These ‘special’ videos are superb.
Cheers Nick, always fun to do something a bit different
Looks like a "52 X 12" pinnace out of the water in the background when you were demonstrating the landing ramp? My father owned one in the sixties that had been (rather dodgily) converted into a motor yacht. On the plus side, it had copper sheathing and a proper engine room complete with a Gardiner diesel. Rolled like a pig in any kind of sea, mind you 😁
you have out done yourself hugo.you lucky so and so.youre stepping up a gear now.lol.take care mariner.;)
Thanks. There are worse jobs!
I’m guessing the originals were Foden two strokes ?, they would have been about 200-225hp each
Probably correct, the navy was big on Fodon, I had four 60kw genes on my minehunter.
Plate maybe not stand 12mm/50 cal AP round’s? Just 7,62 and such??
Shoud be given special permit for historic and old war veterean to have Navy colour’s now common red.
Careful on that footing! Algea!!!
It was super slippery!
CAN R.N. LANDING CRAFT OPERATE with bow door ope (ie to scoop-up RIBS used by ppl smugglers, on the move in open waters, or ONLY WHEN AGAINST QUAY-side at beach-heads ? IF so, seems the ideal craft for Border Force/@RNLI to use against human traffickers using RIB’s,from mid-channel pick up points !
Hasn't changed since WW2
I wonder what was the thinking when choosing these boats to be so slow? I would think less time you spend on exposed waters the better? Was it a cost cutting measure?
More the physical difficulty of getting something that shape to go quickly without beating up everyone on board
Hitting a beach at 30 knots would turn this into a "fully automatic" landing craft!
Even if the plating above the waterline was peppered with bullets, I'm guessing that it would still be fine...despite the massive drop in moral for the next troops going in, even if no troops where hit.
Well done lads. God bless.
Hello from the Republic of Ireland.
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Shame you did not find a coxswain of a LVP from that time to explain[n the craft
Not a great wakeboarding platform. 🤣🤣
No toilet :(