Tuesday 14 May 2013

11 RTR LVT Names for 29th April 1945

The list of vehicle details below is taken from a set of handwritten ferry rosters for A Sqn and C Sqn. This is a record of their work on 29th April 1945 for the crossing of the River Elbe at Artlenburg. The roster ('LVT Loads and Trips') covers over 640 individual trips over a 24 hour period.

I am aware that this list contains differences to the information previously published on 11 RTR. I would emphasise that this list is for 29th April 1945 only. I have also made no attempt to fill in the blanks by adding information from other sources. Those sources are based on earlier operations and the data may be different.

All vehicles appear to be LVT4s as the loads listed in the ferry roster are nearly all vehicles of one sort or another.

It is possible that the 'mechanical reserve' vehicles listed for A Sqn actually belong to one or more of the A Sqn Troops - however, since they are only listed by C Sqn (who borrowed them for the initial assault crossings and then handed them back), no other details are provided.

No data for Census Numbers or callsigns is provided for C sqn on the ferry rosters.

For the record, no detailed information exists as far as I am aware for B Sqn. However, on 29 April 1945 B Sqn, together with 77 Assault Squadron RE, operated a similar ferry service across the Elbe at Hornstorf.

Sqn Troop Craft No. Name Callsign Comment
A Squadron
A 15877316 Stag 1
A 1 346414 Stoat 1A
A 1 6110428 Sable 1B
A 1 346417 Swift 1C
A 1 6110430 Swan 1D
A 1 364425 Skunk 1E






A 2 5822245 Starling 2
A 2 6110518 Sparrow 2A
A 2 6110537 Seagull 2B
A 2 346456 Skylark 2C
A 2 ??? ??? 2D Not listed
A 2 ??? ??? 2E Not listed






A 3 522144 Spider 3
A 3 6110472 Scarab 3A
A 3 346427 Salamander 3B
A 3 346426 Sphinx 3C
A 3 6110500 Scorpion 3D

A 3 346428 Sandfly 3E







A 4 ??? ??? 4 Not listed
A 4 346429 Squirrell 4A Spelt as per roster
A 4 9138117 Swallow 4B
A 4 6165028 Stork 4C
A 4 5822321 Serpent 4D
A 4 5877343 Sheldrake 4E






A 5 6110479 Serapis 5
A 5 9138614 Socrates 5A
A 5 5877264 Scylla 5B
A 5 6110387 Semiramis 5C
A 5 6110354 Scipio 5D
A 5 ??? ??? 5E Not listed






A SHQ? 6110554 Snipe A
A

Sandpiper
Mech. Reserve
A

Shark
Mech. Reserve
A

Sparrowhawk
Mech. Reserve
C Squadron
C 1
South Shields

C 1
Southampton

C 1
Southend

C 1
Southport

C 1
Southwark

C 1
Stirling







C 2
Sheffield

C 2
Sidcup

C 2
Southsea

C 2
Staines

C 2
Swansea

C 2
Swindon







C 3
Scarborough

C 3
Selby

C 3
Sevenoaks

C 3
Steendorp

C 3
Stockbridge

C 3
Stockport







C 4
Salisbury

C 4
Sandringham

C 4
Sedgefield

C 4
Skegness

C 4
Stoke

C 4
Swanage







C 5
Shaftesbury

C 5
Sheerness

C 5
Shrewsbury

C 5
Slough

C 5
Stafford

C 5
Stamford







C SHQ
Stroud

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