The transfer of personal or equipment from a boat to a shoreline is often a difficult task where there is no a wharf structure to use. When it is necessary to transfer the personnel or equipment directly onto a beach, it is often necessary for boat to be moored a short distance from the shoreline, and for the personnel or equipment to be unloaded and either carried over the water, or to be moved through the water for the final few metres to shore. The present invention provides a landing craft with an aft mounted multi-role deployable platform or access ramp. The land craft is ideally an amphibious craft with means to pull the craft at least partly onto, or near the beach, allowing the access ramp to extend onto dry ground to facilitate a quick and dry transfer of personnel and equipment onto the beach.
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