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The last remaining tank landing craft of its kind which played a crucial role in D-Day is opening to the public in Hampshire after being renovated from a barnacle-covered wreck. The Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 7074 spent many years rusting and submerged in Birkenhead Dock before it was rescued and restored to its original state which saw it used to deliver troops and tanks to the Normandy beaches. The vessel, restored with a £4.7 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is now being opened to visitors for the first time after being installed outside the D-Day Story museum in Southsea, Hampshire.
The last remaining tank landing craft of its kind which played a crucial role in D-Day is opening to the public after being renovated from a barnacle-covered wreck.
The Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 7074 spent many years rusting and submerged in Birkenhead Dock before it was rescued and restored to its original state which saw it used to deliver troops and tanks to the Normandy beaches.
The vessel, restored with a £4.7 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is now being opened to visitors for the first time after being installed outside the D-Day Story museum in Southsea, Hampshire.
Veteran Wally Beall, who served as a crewman on LCT 836, has a walk around the craft (Andrew Matthews/PA)