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Thursday 19 August 2021

First landing craft built at Hong Kong for Indonesia according to the Dutch newspaper Gereformeerd gezinsblad dated 3 April 1962

An item reported that the first landing craft which was built at a local shipyard in Hong Kong seemed nearly to be completed. A Chinese newspaper reported that her length was around 11 metres and that she was able to transport fifty armed soldiers. Further more was said that the Indonesian government would order more landing crafts if this one would meet the expectations.