The World War 2 the Allied landing on mainland
The World War 2 the Allied landing on mainland
The main invasion force landed around
RFA support for this operation was provided by RFA Derwentdale (1) which had been fitted out as an LSG with 4 gantry crane extensions these travelled the Main deck on rails and could lower the 15 LCM (1’s) carried over the side in a 30 minute period.
During the Operation RFA Derwentdale (1) was damaged by enemy bombing and had to be towed to