H.M.S. Eastway
F.130
1944
(SeaVee SV-541)
- Class: Ashland - 7 Landing Ship Dock of 1942
- Displacement: 5,850 tons; 9,375 tons full load
- Dimensions: 454 (pp) 458 (oa) x 72 x 17 ft
- Machinery: Skinner Uniflow engines, IHP 7,400 = 16 knots
- Armament: 1-3in DP, 4-2pdr, 16-20 mm AA
- Landing Craft: 3 LCT(5/6) or 2 LCT(3/4) or 14 LCM(3)
- Complement: 290 + 800 troops
- Builder: Newport News, Virginia
- Laid down: 23 Nov 1942
- Launched: 21 May 1943
- Commissioned: 14 Sep 1943
- Notes: Laid down as HMS Battleaxe, member of the USN Ashland class (LSD-9). Took part in D-Day operation. Returned to USA 23 Apr 1946 and laid up in reserve. Loaned to, and eventually bought by Greek government and renamed Nafkratoussa in 1953. Scrapped 1972.
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