Four ramped cargo lighters, built in Canada, touch down and discharge their cargoes
Class overview
Name
Ramped cargo lighter
Builders
Dominion Construction Co. Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia
Howard Furnace & Foundries Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Operators
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
British Army
Yugoslav Partisans
Preceded by
various landing craft and lighters
Succeeded by
Ramped powered lighter
Built
1943–1944
Completed
~800+
Active
0
General characteristics
Type
Landing craft; lighter
Displacement
26 long tons (26,417 kg)
Length
52 ft (16 m)
Beam
18 ft (5.5 m)
Draught
2.75 ft (0.84 m) loaded
Ramps
1
Propulsion
2 × 100 bhp Gray Marine 6 cylinder, 330 cubic inch petrol engines
Speed
10 kt
Crew
Four: coxswain, stoker, stoker’s mate, and seaman
Armament
Not intended to be armed
Armour
No armour
Notes
These data are found in various sources identified in the body of the article. The RCL does not appear in the US Navy ONI 226 Allied Landing Craft and Ships.
The ramped cargo lighter or RCL was a landing craft used in many parts of the world during the Second World War. Designed in Canada and manufactured in Vancouver and Toronto, its primary purpose was lighterage work following assault landings. The RCL also provided water transport in coastal operations. These lighters were built in sections to simplify shipping and assembled in the theatre of operations.
Manufactured of plywood over a wood frame, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat with a crew of four, could ferry 80 troops, ordnance, vehicles, or a tank, to shore at 9–10 knots. With such a range of work and use in such varied circumstances, standard procedures for loading varied too; loads could be lowered into RCLs from ships’ davits or derricks, or, if from land, simply driven or carried over the bow ramp. Cargoes or troops generally left the lighter over the bow ramp.
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