HMS Glengyle HMS " Glengyle " was a Landing Ship , Infantry ( Large ) of the Royal Navy . This ship saw service in the Second World War , carrying Commonwealth and other Allied troops in amphibious operations . " Glengyle " was able to make good speed on long ocean voyages to operational areas and then , by means of the many landing craft carried aboard , land assault infantry , vehicles , and stores on contested shores . Design and conversion . " Glengyle " was built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company , Dundee , for the Glen Line . In 1938 , whilst " Glengyle " and her sisters , " Glenearn " , " Glenroy " , and " Breconshire " were being built , the Inter - Service Training and Development Centre determined that they would be ideal for infantry landing ships . This class of four fast passenger - carrying cargo ships ( “ cargo - liners ” ) then under construction were intended for the Far Eastern trade route . The Admiralty acquired " Glengyle " shortly after her launch , and she was converted into a fast supply ship . During April and June 1940 , she underwent further conversion into an Infantry Landing Ship capable of transporting an embarked force of up to 34 officers and 663 other rank s and carrying 12 LCA s on Welin - McLachan davits and 1 LCM stored in chocks on deck and launched by 30 - ton derricks . She was accepted into service on 10 September and , on 31 January 1941 , " Glengyle " sailed around Africa to the Mediterranean , where she became part of Layforce . Service history . " Glengyle " was part of the Bardia raid on 19 – 20 April 1941 , and later that month was involved in the evacuation of Greece . She evacuated some 4 , 500 troops from Raphto and , in May , carried another 3 , 000 to Crete . Later in May , she and the SS " Cameronia " evacuated 6 , 000 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as part of the evacuation of Crete . On 8 June , " Glengyle " was operating with the cruiser s HMS " Phoebe " , HMAS " Perth " and HMS " Calcutta " at the start of the Syria - Lebanon Campaign . By January 1942 , she was part of the Malta Convoys , carrying supplies from Alexandria , before returning to Britain in April for preparations for the Dieppe Raid . To keep secret the presence of an Infantry Landing Ship , " Glengyle " was disguised as a tanker , and was present at the operation on 19 August , transporting The Essex Scottish Regiment to White Beach . She returned to the Mediterranean in November , where she was used to transport US troops for the Operation Torch landings , and was also involved in the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 , during which Admiral Philip Vian briefly commanded a squadron aboard her . After transporting troops to Salerno in September , " Glengyle " sailed to Bombay , but was then recalled to participate in Operation Shingle , the landings at Anzio . After this had been completed , she was refitted at Liverpool , where her LCA capacity was increased to 24 by the fitting of luffing davits and inboard cradles for the additional craft . Room was found to berth an additional LCM on deck and a new 50 ton derrick was installed . " Glengyle " ' s next voyage following refit was transporting the 5th Airborne Division to Bombay . She was at Trincomalee in August , and in company with the Union - Castle Line ' s " Llanstephan Castle " , she transported 3 Commando Brigade to Hong Kong , arriving shortly after the end of the War . Post - war . " Glengyle " was transferred to the Australian Naval Board in October , landing a garrison at Singapore , as well as repatriating Australian troops from South - East Asia . She transported a garrison to Kure in January 1946 , before returning home with liberated British prisoners of war from Manila . " Glengyle " was returned to the Glen Line on 17 July , and after being refitted for a return to merchant service at Vickers - Armstrongs , re - entered service on 3 March 1948 . She was transferred to the Blue Funnel Line in October 1970 and was renamed " Deucalion " , but by June 1971 she had been broken up at Kaohsiung .