&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Rocksand_(F184).jpg) A Landing Craft Assault (LCA) leaves HMS Rocksand for the island of Nancowry during the British occupation of the Nicobar islands in October 1945.
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| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
| Launched | 14 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | November 1944 |
| Out of service | 1974 |
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| Tonnage | 7,177 tons grt |
| Length | 396 ft 5 in (120.83 m)[1] |
| Beam | 60 ft 1 in (18.31 m)[1] |
| Depth | 35 ft (10.67 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | 2 x steam turbines (Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co, Essington, Philadelphia), double reduction geared driving one screw.[1] |
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HMS Rocksand was an infantry landing ship in service with the Royal Navy during the late stages of the Second World War. She was launched in 1943 as Cape Argos and renamed Empire Anvil before being taken into Royal Navy service. Postwar she reverted to Empire Anvil and then Cape Argos and back to Empire Anvil again. She spent ten years laid up before resuming service as Hai Ya and Fu Ming before being scrapped in 1974.