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	1	5877316	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