It tells the unique personal stories behind this epic event. Watch these two videos below to understand how she was moved by barge and on land, the really help with understanding the scale and detail involved in moving such a large historical craft.The D-Day Story isВ the only museum in the UK dedicated to the Allied Invasion in June 1944. Two refurbished tanks where then installed on her decks before she was lifted into her final position. Once on dry land, LCT was transported by road to Southsea Common. She then made the short journey by water to a beach near Southsea. The ambitious move took 3 days in the Autumn of 2020 and started with LCT being placed on a barge in order to be tugged out of Portsmouth Naval Base. Once LCT 7074 had been restored, she needed to be moved from The National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth to her forever home on display outside The D-Day Museum in Southsea.ДЄlthough the ditstance between the museums is not far, just like D-Day moving this 300 tonne ship was a complex mission. Watch the video to see highlights of the work undertaken to achieve this incredible restoration. She has received a new external paint finish which brings back her disruptive pattern used to help with camouflage, her funnel has been replaced, important electrical works carried out and her replica guns and rocket launchers have been fitted. When she was rescued by the Museum, she was rusty, unloved and covered in barnacles! But now she is transformed after a lot of hard work and extensive research. Watch this video to find out about LCT 7074 and how she was recovered. She was then rescued by the National Museum of the Royal Navy in 2014 and has now been restored to how she would have looked during the D-Day Landings.

During her time in active service she carried a crew of 12 men and her purpose was to carry troops and up to ten tanks to the beaches of Normandy.ДЄfter the Second World War, LCT had a varied history as she was repurposed into a floating clubhouse and nightclub from the 1960вЂ™s to 1980вЂ™s, however she soon fell into disrepair. This significant vessel is more than 57 meters long and weighs over 300 tons.

Today, LCT is the only surviving Landing Craft Tank left from this momentous day. On 6 June 1944, more than 800 Landing Craft Tanks took part in D-DayвЂ™s Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious landing in history. LCT 7074 is a unique survivor from the Second World War. To support us in our role as guardian you can donate to the Preservation of the Historic Naval Fleet Fund. NMRN cares for eleven Royal Navy vessels that are part of the Historic Fleet. Just one survives, LCT 7074, which has been designated part of the UKвЂ™s National Historic Fleet. Of these landing craft, more than 800 were the large Landing Craft (Tank). Most invading troops arrived by sea in landing craft. LCT 7074 is now on display outside the D-Day Story Museum alongside the stories of other D-Day heroes.Д-Day is a pivotal moment from history. It was detailed in its conservation principles and brilliantly delivered вЂ“ the judges felt that it was a remarkable achievement.вЂќ The citation read вЂњThe scale of this project is astonishing and was, without doubt, challenging. The restoration was the joint winner of the Museum and Heritage AwardsвЂ™ 2021 Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year. NMRN worked with Portsmouth City Council's D-Day Story Museum and maritime heritage experts to restore, to conserve, research, interpret and display the 59-metre 300-ton landing craft tank ship which is now open to visitors. An incredible survivor, LCT is the last remaining Landing Craft Tank from D-Day, one of historyвЂ™s most famous war time operations.

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