Allied Warships

HMS Karanja (F 128)

Landing Ship Infantry

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	F 128
Mod	LSI(L)
Built by	A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	18 Dec 1930
Commissioned	1941
Lost	12 Nov 1942
History	Completed as merchantile on 13 March 1931. Requisitioned by the Admiralty on 24 July 1941 and converted to an LSI(L). Displacement: 9891 tons. Lenght: 471 feet Complement: 297 Machinery: ? boilers, 2 shafts, geared turbines, SHP 12000 = 17 knots. Armament: 1 6" gun, 1 12pdr AA gun, 12 20mm AA (12x1) Carried 2 LCM's, 9 LCP(L)'s, 2 LCS(M) and 1500 troops Bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Bougie, Algeria on 12 November 1942

Commands listed for HMS Karanja (F 128)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. (emergency) Dyson Standish Hore-Lacy, RN	24 Jul 1941	12 Nov 1942

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