Operated by the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, the LCI(L)s were described as fast (could do 16 knots) and were equipped with collapsible bunks for 185 infantrymen. On September 8, 1943, the War Committee of the Canadian Cabinet acquired 30 landing craft (Landing Craft Infantry, Large) for Operation Overload, the Allied landing in France. The LCI(L)s landing craft infantry (large) were built in the U.S., divided into three flotillas and became home to 850 Canadian sailors.
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