HMS Bruiser (F127)
HMS Bruiser was built as a Landing Ship, Tank (LST(1)) at Harland and Wolff. Launched in October 1942 and commissioned the following March, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.
HMS Bruiser | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Bruiser |
| Ordered | 6 March 1941 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff |
| Launched | 24 October 1942 |
| Completed | 2 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 March 1943 |
| Out of service | 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F127 |
| Fate | Sold for merchant service 1946. Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Landing Ship, Tank Mark I |
| Displacement | 3,620 |
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| Capacity | 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 vehicles, 193 men |
| Complement | 169 |
| Service record | |
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