Ramped craft logistic

RCL L106 Antwerp moored in Akrotiri harbour, Cyprus
Class overview
Builders	Brooke Marine James & Stone
Operators	British Army Ferguson Transport & Shipping
Built	1980–1985
Completed	9
General characteristics
Type	Landing craft
Displacement	185 GT
Length	27.2 m (89 ft)
Beam	6.6 m (22 ft)
Draught	1 m (3 ft 3 in) bow 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) stern
Propulsion	2 x Volvo Penta D9MH
Speed	9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	6

The ramped craft logistic (RCL) is a type of landing craft operated by 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC of the Royal Logistic Corps of the British Army. From the early 1980s onwards it was deployed to replace the RPL (ramped powered lighter). One of their first roles was to provide logistical support during the setting up of the garrison in the Falkland Islands immediately after the Falklands War - this role was conducted by the two first of class, Arromanches and Antwerp, later stationed at the military port at Marchwood, near Southampton, RCLs were originally procured for UK, Cyprus and Hong Kong.^[1] The two based at the British base at Akrotiri, Cyprus, Andalsnes and Akyab were operated as 417 Troop of 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC. They were sold in 2014^[2]

Ferguson Transport and Shipping bought four members of the class and fitted them with Epsilon hydraulic cranes for commercial work, principally around the west coast of Scotland.^[3]

There were 9 ramped craft logistic brought into service:

• Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
• Prézelin, Bernard; Baker, A.D., eds. (1990). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.
• "Defence Standard 00-3/Issue 3- Design Guidance For The Transportability Of Equipment", 27 May 1985, UK Ministry of Defence
• British Army website RCL page
• Gallery of army landing craft: http://www.rfanostalgia.org/gallery3/index.php/RFA-AMPHIBIOUS/Army/Army-Landing-Craft

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