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- 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. (en)
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- 14859 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- *Dominion Construction Co. Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia
*Howard Furnace & Foundries Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (en)
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- various landing craft and lighters (en)
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- Ramped cargo lighter (en)
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- *border|link=*|24pxRoyal Canadian Navy
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*border|link=|24pxYugoslav Partisans (en)
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- Not intended to be armed (en)
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- Four: coxswain, stoker, stoker’s mate, and seaman (en)
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- 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. (en)
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- Landing craft; lighter (en)
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- 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. (en)
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- Ramped cargo lighter (en)
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