Royal Canadian Navy Landing Craft, 1939-1945

Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) 1939–1945, Landing Craft

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205055)

LCT(4) 1006 off 'Nan White' Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3554628)

Landing Ship Tank Mk. 3, 3505, Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal), launched 23 November 1944, commissioned 20 June 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524820)

Landing craft at an English port before leaving for French coast, June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205647)

Troops of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada (Kitchener, Galt) going aboard a Canadian LCI(L) at dawn, 7 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3191672)

View from LCI(T) 306 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla showing ships of Force 'J' en route to France on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3204954)

Landing Craft of Force 'J' en route to France on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205255)

Allied ships scuttled to make a breakwater on the Normandy coast, June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205225)

Allied landing barges on a beach in Normandy long after the tide has run out, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3204917)

Personnel of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada boarding LCI(L) 276 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla during Exercise 'Fabius III', ca 1 May 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205225)

Allied lLanding Craft on the Normandy beach, 6 June 1944.

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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5029582)

Canadian infantrymen embarking on landing craft during a training exercise before Operation JUBILEE, the raid on Dieppe, France. England, 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3194482)

Canadian infantrymen disembarking from a landing craft during a training exercise before Operation JUBILEE, the raid on Dieppe, France. England, August 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3396540)

Landing Craft carrying Canadian troops to Dieppe, 19 Aug 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3378881)

Landing Craft ferrying Canadian troops to Dieppe, France, during Operation JUBILEE, 19 Aug 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3396538)

Landing Craft carrying Canadian troops and a Universal Carrier alongside a destroyer, off the coast of Dieppe, France, during Operation JUBILEE, 19 Aug 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4969644)

Landing Craft (Tank), LC(T)5, derelict on the beach at Dieppe after the raid, Aug 1942.

(City of Vancouver Archives Photo, AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-17)

Demonstration of an assault landing by an LCM (landing craft, mechanized) at Kitsilano Beach during the Diamond Jubilee, on the Pacific Coast, 7 July 1946.

(City of Vancouver Archives Photo, AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2247)

Demonstration of an assault landing by an LCM (landing craft, mechanized) at Kitsilano Beach during the Diamond Jubilee, on the Pacific Coast, 7 July 1946.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3516224)

Landing Craft Infantry with R22eR soldiers, Catanzaro Marina, Italy, 16 Sep 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3964057)

LCA 1233 with infantry in a light landing craft, ca 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3303875)

Canadian infantrymen prepare to go ashore from a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) of the Royal Canadian Navy during a training exercise, England, May 1944.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4558335)

Operation OVERLORD presented staff officers with an unprecedented challenge, and they planned in excruciating detail the unloading of men, June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3208269)

Unloading landing craft and carrying rations ashore, Normandy, 7 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4821092)

Landing craft with support ship, 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205043)

LCI(L) 135 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla carrying personnel of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada en route to France on D-Day, 6 June 1944.  On the bridge - Lt. J. Kell, RCNVR (CO, LCI 135 (capless), Lt. C. Lancaster, RCNVR (American helmet), Maj. Douglas, CO, B Company, NNSH.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950959)

Landing Craft Assault (LCA) 518, Normandy, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950961)

Landing Craft Infantry (Large) heading toward the beaches at Normandy, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3303867)

Landing Craft Infantry (Large), RCN Oerlikon 20-mm AA gunner, UK, May 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950858)

Landing Craft training assault course, Esquimalt, British Columbia, 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3238885)

Stoker(M) E. Nixon, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR), aboard LCI (L) 121 of the 1st Canadian (260th Royal Navy) Flotilla, England, March 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950962)

Landing Craft (Tank), P957, Normandy, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950953)

Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) LCI(L) port view at Normandy invasion.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950954)

Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) LCI(L) port view at Normandy invasion.

Landing Craft

1st Canadian Flotilla, LCI (L) 117, 166, 177, 249, 266, 277, 285 298 and 301

2nd Canadian Flotilla, LCI (L) 115, 118, 135, 250, 252, 262, 263, 276, 299 and 306.

3rd Canadian Flotilla, LCI (L) 125, 255, 260, 264, 270, 271, 288, 295, 302, 305, 310, and 311.

528th LCA Flotilla, LCA 736, 850, 856, 925, 1021, 1033, 1371, and 1372.

529th LCA Flotilla, LCA 1057, 1059, 1138, 1150, 1151, 1374, and 1375.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3225455)

Canadian HMC LCI(L) 270 of the 3rd Canadian flotilla under way, with Andrew Clark serving as the Captain and Robert Simpson the First Lieutenant, May 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950963)

Landing Craft Infantry (Large), alongside LCI(L) 252, 2nd Canadian Flotilla, Normandy, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, PA-132811)

LCI (L) 276 (foreground) and LCI (L) 252 (background), 2nd Canadian Flotilla, board Highland Light Infantry of Canada at Southampton, England, 09 May 1944 for a training exercise.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3198868)

Preparing to board. Personnel of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada embarking for France in LC(I)Ls 250, 125 and 306 of the 262nd Flotilla, RCN, 4 June 1944.  Weather caused a 24-hour delay...

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950955)

Landing Craft Infantry (Large), LCI (L) 125, 3rd Canadian Flotilla, Normandy, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950966)

Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) LCI(L) 125,  3rd Canadian Flotilla, heading away from the beach, Normandy, with a Landing Craft Assault passing it. June 1944.

(DND Photo)

Personnel of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade landing from LCI (L) 125 of the 3rd Canadian (264th RN) Flotilla on 'Nan White' Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944.  LCI(L) 135 and LCI(L) 270 are visible on her starboard side.

(Clayton Marks Photo)

Soldiers wade ashore at Normandy from LCI(L) 305 and LCI(L) 295 on the port side of LCI(L) 305, 3rd Canadian Flotilla.

(Elring Baldorf Photo)

LCA 1021 and LCA 736, 528th LCA Flotilla, leaving HMCS Prince Henry F70.

(Gilbert A. Milne, DND Photo)

LCI(L) 299 crossing the English Channel with the Invasion Fleet, D-day, 6 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3408540)

Landing Craft Infantry (Large), LCI (L) 299, 2nd Canadian Flotilla, delivering troops of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade (Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Highlanders) going ashore at Bernières-sur-mer, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944.

(DND Photo)

Landing Craft Assault LCA 1375, 529th LCA Flotilla, landing troops.  Possibly Bracklesham Bay during Exercise Fabius (Normandy rehearsal) Landings in May 1944.  During the D-Day landings on 6 Jun 1944, LCA 1375 was embarked on HMCS Prince David F89.

(Author Photo)

Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) 3, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, ca 1976.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3198876)

Allied Landing Craft delivering transport vehicles on a Normandy Beach, 9 June 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3397091)

Canadian soldiers who were wounded in the Normandy beachhead being carried off a Landing Ship Tank (LST), Southampton, England, 8 June 1944.

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