0 a small boat with a flat bottom that opens at one end and is used to take soldiers and their equipment from a ship onto land controlled by enemy forces
The wooden loading ramp was used in the mid-1980s for loading/unloading amphibious landing craft.
Unloading progressed slowly because of mechanical breakdowns and damage to the landing craft, and the ship had insufficient fuel to remain for a protracted period.
The landing craft were also washed clean after use.
They also man minor landing craft of the amphibious warfare squadron and provide pilots for helicopters.
I know a man who is paralysed from the waist downwards through a landing craft falling off its davit and pinning him on the shore.
I watched the film of tanks and heavy lorries coming off landing craft into what appeared to be fairly deep sea.
Alternatively, there must be resettlement, but do not threaten them with landing craft.
They can carry up to 650 troops, a range of vehicles, including tanks, and eight landing craft.
