HMS Thruster (F131)
HMS Thruster | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Thruster |
| Ordered | 6 March 1941 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff |
| Laid down | 31 July 1941 |
| Launched | 24 September 1942 |
| Completed | 2 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 28 January 1943 |
| Reclassified | Fighter direction ship, 1944 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F131 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy, 1947 |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Pelikaan |
| Acquired | 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: A 830 |
| Fate | Scrapped Bilbao 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Mark I LST |
| Displacement | 3,620 |
| Speed |
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| Capacity | 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 vehicles, 193 men |
| Complement | 169 |
| Service record | |
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HMS Thruster (F131) was a Mark I LST built by Harland and Wolff. Launched in September 1942 and commissioned the following March, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.