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LANDING SHIPS
Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSI(L) EL HIND (R, 5,319 tons), destroyed by fire in Bombay Docks, India, April 14, 1944 EMPIRE BROADSWORD (4,285 tons), sunk by mine off Normandy, N France, July 2, 1944 EMPIRE JAVELIN (4,285 tons), lost on passage from Portsmouth to Le Havre. Believed torpedoed by U-boat, December 28, 1944 KARANJA (R, 9,890 tons, 1931), sunk by aircraft, Bougie, Algeria, November 12, 1942
Raiding Craft Carrier, later designated LCP(L) PRINCE PHILIPPE (R, 2,938 tons, 1939), sunk in collision off W. Scotland, July 15, 1941
Landing Ship Infantry (Small) LSI(S) PRINCE LEOPOLD (R, 2,938 tons, 1930), torpedoed by U-boat, capsized and sank, English Channel, July 29, 1944
Landing Ship Tank (Class II) LST (2,750 tons) No.79 (17/7/43), sunk by aircraft, off Corsica, September 30, 1943 No.80 (19/7/43), mined in English Channel and sank off Ostend, Belgium, March 20, 1945 No.178, mined on passage to Corfu, grounded and became total wreck, February 24, 1945 No.305 (7/12/42), sunk by U-boat, torpedo during Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, February 20, 1944 No.362 (23/11/42), sunk by U-boat, torpedo, Biscay area, March 2, 1944 No.364 (7/12/42), torpedoed by U-boat off Ramsgate, S England, February 22, 1945 No.407 (31/12/42), damaged beyond repair by weather in Mediterranean, April 24, 1944 No.411 (8/1/43), mined or torpedoed (31st Dec. 1943) on passage from Maddalena to Bastia, Sardinia, abandoned owing to heavy weather, January 1, 1944 No.414 (20/1/43), torpedoed by aircraft, off Cani Rocks, Tunisia, beached off Bizerta, August 15, 1943 No.418 (1/2/43), sunk after two underwater explosions, Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, February 16, 1944 No.420 (16/2/43), sunk by mine off Ostend, November 7, 1944 No.422 (5/2/43), mined and sunk in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, January 26, 1944 No.429 (21/2/43), lost by fire, Mediterranean, July 3, 1943
Fighter Direction Tender FDT No.216 (2,750 tons, 4/3/43), sunk by aircraft, torpedo off Barfleur, N France, July 7, 1944
LANDING CRAFT, MAJOR
Landing Craft Infantry Landing craft headquarter LCH No.185 (384 tons), sunk by mine, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 25, 1944 Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) (380-384 tons) No.7, sunk by aircraft off Algiers, April 21, 1943 No.99, sunk in convoy, presumed by U-boat, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, August 14, 1944 No.102, damaged by gales and abandoned, Vis, Adriatic, November 11, 1944 No.105, torpedoed, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 8, 1944 No.107, wrecked off Reggio, Italy, September 2, 1943 No.132, lost and formally paid off, June 17, 1944 No.162, exploded and sank en route for Algiers, February 7, 1943 No.273, sunk by aircraft, Anzio, W Italy, March 17, 1944 No.309, sunk by aircraft in Biscay area, October 23, 1943 Landing craft infantry (Small) LCI(S) (110 tons) – able to carry 100 troops No.511, beached at Portslade, Sussex, S England. Total loss, February 2, 1944 No.512, 517, 524, 531, 540 (total 5), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.532, lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944 No.537, damaged beyond economical repair, June 1944
Landing Craft Tank Landing craft tank (MkI) LCT (372 tons) – able to carry 3-40t or 6-20t tanks No.1, 12, 15, 19 (total 4, 372t each), lost in Middle East. Date reported, August, 1941 No.2, 7 (total 2), lost after leaving Tobruk, Libya. Date given as 12th-13th, October 13, 1941 No.3, presumed lost in attack on Kos, Dodecanese, formally paid off. Later recovered and redesignated NSC(L)94, October 11, 1943 No.5, lost in Home waters. Date reported, August, 1941 No.6, 20 (total 2), lost in Middle East, June, 1941 No.8, lost in Middle East, July 29, 1941 No.10, lost by enemy action, Middle East, July 17, 1941 No.11, lost in Middle Fast, December 16, 1941 No.14, lost in Home waters, August 12, 1941 No.16, lost in Suda Bay, Crete, June 2, 1941 Landing craft tank (MkII) LCT (450 tons) – able to carry 3-40t or 7-20t tanks No.102, 103 (total 2), lost in Home waters, October 10, 1941 No.105, 109 (total 2), lost in Home waters, November 4, 1941 No.106, 107 (total 2), sunk in Benghazi Harbour as result of heavy weather, January 6, 1943 No.110, 143 (total 2), lost in Home waters, November, 1941 No.115, sunk by aircraft off Casteloriso, Aegean, October 28, 1943 No.119, 150 (total 2), lost at Tobruk, June 20, 1942 No.120, lost in heavy weather, November 20, 1942 No.121, 124, 126, 145, 159 (total 5), lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942 No.129, cause and place unknown. Date reported, November 1944 No.155, lost on passage to Gibraltar, March 1942 Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT (625-640 tons) – able to carry 5-40t or 11-30t tanks No.326, lost by weather or mine off Isle of Man, February 2, 1943 No.328, mined off W Greece, December 5, 1944 No.329, damaged beyond economical repair, November 23, 1943 No.332, lost off Gijon, N Spain, after engine failure, November 16, 1943 No.333, 343, 385 (total 3), sunk in gale off Land's End, SW England, November 14, 1943 No.353, sunk by aircraft at Syracuse, Sicily, July 27, 1943 No.357, lost in Suda Bay, Crete, as result of explosion, May 29, 1945 No.358, lost in Mediterranean, June 18, 1943 No.375, sunk in Mediterranean. Date reported, February 1944 No.377, lost, probably mined, on passage Marseilles to Maddalena, Sardinia, October 1944 No.381, missing from convoy after attack by E-boats, English Channel, February 27, 1943 No.387, mined off W Italy, July 17, 1944 No.390, cause and place unknown, July 9, 1944 No.391, formally paid off. Date approximate, October 1, 1943 No.395, mined and grounded in Mediterranean, June 18, 1943 No.403, lost through stress of weather off Barra Head, outer Hebrides, February 24, 1943 No.418, lost in gale off NW France, November 16, 1943 No.427, cause and place unknown, August 1944 No.480, 488, 491, 494, 7014, 7015 (total 6, 625-640t each), lost through stress of weather off Land's End, SW England. Date given as October 18th-19th, 1944 No.492, capsized and sank, Red Sea, March 6, 1945 No.7011, lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 2, 1944 No.7057, 7064 (total 2, 625-640t each), cause and place unknown, July 16, 1944 No.7089, hit obstruction in Boulogne Harbour, N France. Total loss, December 6, 1944 Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT (611t-640 tons) – able to carry 6-40t or 9-30t tanks No.511, broke back while in tow, July 9, 1944 No.524, 715, 750, 809, 886, 947 (total 6), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.547, foundered off Malta, July 8, 1943 No.553, lost in Mediterranean, October 1, 1943 No.572, 626 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean, September 9, 1943 No.583, lost in Mediterranean, November 4, 1943 No.589, destroyed to avoid capture, Mediterranean, June 16, 1944 No.609, abandoned after damage by weather off Ostend, Belgium, November 6, 1944 No.618, lost in Mediterranean, October 2, 1943 No.621, lost in Mediterranean, October 7, 1943 No.624, formally paid off, September 8, 1943 No.631, broke back, August 17, 1944 No.689, destroyed by explosion, July 20, 1944 No.757, formally paid off, July 10, 1944 No.789, 839, 1133 (total 3), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 2, 1944 No.875, sunk by enemy action, June 8, 1944 No.901, broke back, July 24, 1944 No.936, broke back through stress of weather off Lowestoft, E England, October 30, 1944 No.943, sunk, October 1944 No.967, mined, June 13, 1944 No.976, abandoned with broken back, Schelde River area, Belgium, November 7, 1944 No.1022, wrecked through stress of weather off Dungeness, SE England, November 17, 1944 No.1023, damaged beyond economical repair, July 23, 1944 No.1029, blew up, possibly mined, while at anchor off Skegness, E England, January 16, 1944 No.1039, broke back, August 5, 1944 No.1045, broke in two while in tow, English Channel, October 25, 1944 No.1074, mined, English Channel, August 25, 1944 No.1076, broke in two, August 5, 1944 No.1092, broke back while in tow, August 10, 1944 No.1171, sunk off N European Coast, October 23, 1944 No.1238, mined in Rangoon River, Burma, May 2, 1945 Landing craft tank (MkV) LCT (291-311 tons) No.2006, lost in transit from USA, October 13, 1942 No.2049, 2229, 2307 (total 3, on loan to US Navy), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 6, 1944 No.2054, 2312 (total 2), lost in transit from USA, December 1942 No.2187, lost in transit from USA, November 1942 No.2190, 2192, 2284 (total 3), lost in transit from USA, October 28, 1942 No.2231, lost in LST-79, sunk off Corsica, September 30, 1943 No.2239, 2267, 2344 (total 3), lost in "Vestfold", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, January 17, 1943 No.2281, lost in transit from USA, October 27, 1942 No.2331, broke back, July 1944 No.2335, lost in "Daghild", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, February 7, 1943 No.2341, lost in "Bonneville", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, March 10, 1943 No.2398, lost in "Gorgas", March 1943 No.2461, capsized and sunk by gunfire, Bay of Bengal, November 1944 No.2480, lost in "Fort Lamy", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, March 8, 1943 No.2498, lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT (290-295 tons) No.2039, cause and place unknown, June 1944 No.2263, cause and place unknown, July 15, 1944 No.2273, 2301, 2402 (total 3, on loan to US Navy), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.2428, lost in Operation Neptune. Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.2454, ran ashore in Lyme Bay, English Channel, in heavy gale, wrecked, October 13, 1944
Landing Craft Flak, Gun & Rocket Landing craft flak (MkII) LCF (500-550 tons) No.1, blew up and sank, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, August 17, 1944 No.2, lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942 No.13, bombed off Pantellaria, Central Mediterranean. Total wreck, June 12, 1943 No.15, mined in Convoy, Operation Brassard, Elba landings. Date given as 16th-17th, June 17, 1944 Landing craft flak (MkIV) LCF (500-510 tons) No.31, lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France. Date reported, September 5, 1944 No.37, 38 (total 2), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland, November 1, 1944 Landing craft gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) (500-627 tons) No.I, 2 (total 2, 500t each), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 2, 1944 No.15 (627 tons), lost off Milford Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather, April 25, 1943 No.16 (627 tons), lost off Milford Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather, April 26, 1943 No.764, 831, 1062 (total 3, 530t each), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, July-August 1944 Landing craft gun (Medium) (MkIII) LCG(M) (381 tons) No.101, 102 (total 2), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944 Landing craft tank (Rocket) LCT(R) (600 tons) No.457, mined off Ostend, Belgium, November 5, 1944 Landing craft support (Large) (MkI) LCS(L) (23 tons) No.201, lost in collision, English Channel, September 1943 Landing craft support (Large) (MkII) LCS(L) (112 tons) – gun support No.252, 256, 258 (total 3), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944
LANDING CRAFT, MINOR - CARRIED BY LANDING SHIPS including: LCA, Landing Craft Assault – able to carry 35 troops Landing craft assault LCA (11-13.5 tons) No.1, 2 (total 2), lost in Home waters June 14, 1940 No.4, 18 (total 2), lost in SS Clan Macalister, sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk May 29, 1940 No.6, cause and place unknown. Date loss reported July, 1940 No.8, 15 (total 2), lost at Dunkirk May 31, 1940 No.11, 14 (total 2), lost in Home waters June 9, 1940 No.16, sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk May 29, 1940 No.28, lost during evacuation of Crete, May, 1941 No.31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 40, 51, 60, 63, 64, 75, 79-81, 87, 105, 113 (total 18), lost in Middle East. Date reported, August, 1941 No.33, 56, 146 (total 3), lost in E Indies. Date reported, June 1944 No.35, 55, 128, 135, 153, 167, 169, 176, 187-189, 218, 219, 222, 227, 235, 239, 244, 245, 259-261, 266, 269, 271, 286, 287, 301, 307, 309, 330, 321, 375, 423, 436, 447, 451(total 37), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa. Date approximate, November 1942 No.37 52, 92, 94. 97, 102, 192, 209, 214, 215, 237, 247, 251, 262, 284, 314, 317 (total 17), lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942 No.54, lost in E Indies. Date reported, July 1944 No.59, 69 (total 2), lost Bombay area, June 15, 1944 No.70, lost in Middle East, 1941 No.78, lost in tow from Algiers to Djedjelli. Date reported, June 1943 No.107, sunk, June 6, 1944 No.119, sunk in home waters. Date reported), July, 1941 No.121, cause and place unknown, December 24, 1941 No.130, destroyed by fire at Marve. Date reported, May 1944 No.138, lost in Home Waters, June 1942 No.149, lost in India, November 16, 1944 No.166, lost in Home Waters, April 10, 1942 No.171, 208, 279, 289, 303, 320, 337, 339, 341, 349, 350, 352, 360, 367, 383, 387, 401, 409. 418, 424, 431, 434, 442, 458, 462, 463, 476, 48.5, 494, 496, 503, 509, 318-520,522, 525, 530, 535, 540, 566, 579, 581, 584, 586, 588-590, 592-594, 611, 613, 623, 637, 642, 649-652, 655, 661, 664, 665, 673, 683, 691, 692, 704, 705, 710, 717, 721, 722, 729, 731, 738, 748, 750, 768, 775, 779, 780, 788, 791, 792, 795-797,803, 808-810, 812, 814, 815, 821, 825, 827, 835, 849, 853, 857, 859, 860, 867, 869-871, 879, 881, 886, 900, 903, 911, 913, 914, 918-920, 929, 933, 946, 949, 958, 978, 984, 998-1000, 1005, 1008, 1013, 1016, 1021, 1024, 1026-1028, 1034, 1050, 1057/1059, 1063, 1068, 1069, 1074, 1082, 1086, 1088, 1091, 1093, 1096, 1129, 1131, 1132, 1137, 1138, 1143, 1144, 1146, 1149-1151,1155, 1156, 1213, 1215, 1216, 1251-1253, 1256, 1338-1341, 1343, 1372, 1379, 1381/1383 (total 184), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944 No.182, cause and place unknown. Date reported, June 1944 No.193, lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942 No.196, lost by enemy action, July 1942 No.211, lost in Home Waters, April 1942 No.212, 316. 505, 545 (total 4), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, November 1943 No.222, 312 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1943 No.226, 254, 347, 440, 487, 696, 753 (total 7), cause and place unknown, 1944 No.248, 400 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean, July 1, 1944 No.272, lost in Mediterranean, April 1943 No.323, 394, 428, 697 (total 4), lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, January 1944 No.326, lost in Mediterranean, 1944 No.364, 382, 398, 417, 433, 459, 492, 526, 573, 761 (total 10), cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944 No.446, lost in heavy weather in Mediterranean, August 29, 1943 No.551, lost in heavy weather, River Blackwater, Essex, SE England, November 7, 1944 No.552, wrecked during exercises off E Scotland, February 9, 1944 No.553, sunk in collision off Southampton, December 2, 1943 No.577, 625 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, September 1944 No.614, lost in heavy weather, English Channel, November 29, 1944 No.645, 646 (total 2), lost in heavy weather, English Channel, December 21, 1943 No.675, lost during gale at Salerno, September 24, 1943 No.713, 725, 817, 831, 843, 1018, 1030, 1079, 1125, 1260 (total 10), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland. Date given as, November 2nd-5th, 1944 No.723, broke adrift from Hopetoun II, Port Edgar. Date approximate, December 1943 No.726, 908 (total 2), lost in Home Waters, March 1, 1944 No.783. 790, 865 (total 3), lost in Home Waters off E Scotland. Date reported, January 19, 1944 No.813, lost during exercise in Home Waters, November 29, 1943 No.841, sunk in operations off Holland, April 22, 1945 No.845, became waterlogged and sank during exercises off Leith, E Scotland, January 29, 1944 No.848, 1378 (total 2), lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, September 26, 1944 No.1112, 1153 (total 2), presumed lost during 1945, March, 1945 No.1161, lost through heavy weather at Leyte, Philippines, February 26, 1945 No.1188, lost in Solomon Islands, SW Pacific, December 1944 No.1304, lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, July 14, 1944 No.1329, 1591 (total 2), lost overboard from LST off India, August 17, 1945 No.1346, 1396 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean; presumed during 1945. Date reported, April, 1945 No.1393, lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, July 3, 1944 No.1433, smashed by heavy seas, Admiralty Islands, SW Pacific, March 30, 1945 No.1472, lost at Leyte, Philippines, March 27, 1945 Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) LCA (12 tons) No.183, 258, 802 (total 3), lost in Mediterranean, July 1, 1944 No.671. 690, 965, 1072 (total 4), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944 No.672, 811 (total 2), foundered during exercises off E Scotland, April 2, 1944 No.689, sank in Home Waters, March 13, 1944 Landing craft assault (Obstruction Clearance) LCA (13.5 tons) No.1211, lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1945. Date reported, May, 1945 Landing craft support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) (9-11 tons) – LCA with 4in smoke mortar No.1, unknown cause, 1941 No.4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22 (total 6), lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942 No.9, lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942 No.11, 14 (total 2), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942 No.16, lost in India, August 29, 1943 No.17, sunk by enemy action, Mayu River, Burma, April 25, 1943 No.23, lost on patrol, Mayu River, Burma, March 1943 Landing craft support (Medium) (MkII) LCS(M) (12 tons) - LCA with 4in smoke mortar No.28, lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942 No.30, lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, June, 1945 Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) (13.5 tons) - LCA with 4in smoke mortar No.42, cause and place unknown, August 25, 1944 No.46, lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, January 1944 No.47, cause and place unknown, June 1944 No.49, cause and place unknown, 1944 No.54, cause and place unknown, July 1, 1944 No.59, cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944 No.69, sunk during exercises off E Scotland, March 3, 1944 No.75, 76, 80, 81, 83, 91, 99, 101, 103, 108, 114 (total 11), lost in Operation Neptune Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.148, lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, June, 1945 Landing craft emergency repair LCER (10 tons) No.1, 9 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean, October 1943 No.5, 14, 21 (total 3), cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944 No.15, cause and place unknown, July 13, 1944
LCP, Landing Craft Personnel – able to carry up to 35 troops Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) (6 tons) No.1, cause and place unknown, 1944 No.9, driven ashore at Weymouth, S England, April 6, 1944 No.25, 50, 61, 73, 101, 135, 137 (total 7), cause and place unknown. Date reported, May 1944 No.60, wrecked in Azores, January 25, 1944 No.74, lost overboard at Messina, Sicily. Date reported, May 1944 No.76, lost on passage, March 13, 1944 No.116, lost during exercises in Home Waters, December 22, 1943 No.129, lost by fire at Hythe, S England, November 10, 1944 No.136, lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.183, wrecked in Mediterranean. Date reported, July 1944 Landing craft personnel (Medium) LCP(M) (7 tons) No.14, date reported, November 1943 No.17, lost off Isle of Wight, January 5, 1943 Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) (8-11 tons) No.7, 18 (total 2), lost in Home Waters, October 6, 1944 No.8, 263, 287, 577 (total 4), lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944 No.11, lost on passage from Brest to Cherbourg, January 18, 1945 No.13, 14, 21-23, 40, 51, 121, 132, 139, 170, 175, 176, 187, 189, 197, 199, 208, 272, 280, 282, 285, 286, 289, 309, 312, 528, 556 (total 28), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944 No.17, lost by fire at Chittagong, India, January 3, 1943 No.24-27, 38, 82 (total 6), lost in Home waters, 1941 No.29, lost by fire in Middle East, September 15, 1942 No.30, lost in air raid on Liverpool. Date given as December 20th-21st, 1940 No.36, lost by fire at Chittagong, India. Date given as 24th-25th, December 25, 1942 No.42, 45, 8I, 157, 164, 174, 210, 212 (total 8), lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942 No.52, lost by fire, Portsmouth Area, S England, October 11, 1944 No.57, bombed at Tobruk, March 1942 No.59, 71 (total 2), lost through heavy weather while at anchor, Middle East, September 2, 1941 No.63, lost in Middle East. Date reported, August 1941 No.64, lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942 No.65, lost in bad weather off Alexandria, Egypt, June 30, 1942 No.66, 356, 373 (total 3), lost in Operation Shingle, Operation Anzio. Date approximate, January 1944 No.80, broke adrift during gale in Home Waters, January 15, 1943 No.83, lost by fire at Newhaven, S England, September 2, 1942 No.84, 85, 88, 97, 98, 110, 118, 128, 137, 145, 146, 149, 162, 163, 198, 200, 230/233, 235, 238, 239, 241, 242, 246, 247, 269, 293. 294 (total 30, on loan to US Navy), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, August 9, 1944 No.87, lost in Home Waters, February 25, 1943 No.93, destroyed by fire at Shoreham, S England, July 10, 1942 No.106, wrecked off Tobruk, March 4, 1943 No.107-109 (total 3), lost in home waters in transit from USA, May 1941 No.117, lost in Home Waters, March 1942 No.126, burnt out, August 1943 No.127, 134 (total 2), lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland. Date reported, December 1944 No.133, lost in Schelde River Area, Belgium, November 5, 1944 No.136, caught fire and blew up during exercises off Southampton, S England, December 8, 1943 No.138, 507, 543, 544, 550, 560, 562, 565, 566, 568, 573, 575, 576, 759 (total 14), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942 No.152, wrecked during exercises in Home Waters, February 24, 1944 No.180-185 (total 6), lost at Singapore, February 1942 No.193, 194 (total 2), lost overboard through heavy weather in Home waters, December 1941 No.203-206 (total 4), lost at Sourabaya, Java (in January 1943?), January 1943 No.209, lost in Seaford Bay, S England, November 6, 1942 No.229, 298/300, 303/305, 308, 310 (total 9), lost in Home Waters, July 1944 No.267, sunk by mine off Cherbourg, N France, July 8, 1944 No.276, 277 (total 2), lost in transit, March 1943 No.302, wrecked E of Ostend, Belgium, November 5, 1944 No.316, sunk at Bombay, September 12, 1943 No.323, destroyed in explosion at Bombay, April 14, 1944 No.325, sunk at Bombay, September 4, 1943 No.344, 378 (total 2), sunk at Akyab, Burma, May 29, 1945 No.348, destroyed by fire in India, September 15, 1944 No.360, 367 (total 2), lost during exercises at Mandapam, India. Date reported, April 1944 No.540, 760 (total 2), lost overseas, presumed during 1944, 1944 No.541, lost off Isle of Wight, S England. Date given as 28th-29th, February 29, 1944 No.764, lost in Home Waters, March 18, 1945 Landing craft personnel (MkII) LCP (3.8 tons) No.1110, 1121 (total 2), lost in Aegean operations, May 1945 No.1113, damaged in gale at Maddalena, Sardinia and written off. Date reported, June 1945 Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) (9-11 tons) No.578, lost at Inveraray, W Scotland, December 13, 1942 No.584, sunk in Home Waters, May 1944 No.603, 620, 629, 721, 783, 794, 837, 850, 858, 901,909, 1009, 1029, 1036 (total 14), lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa. Date approximate, November 1942 No.613, 661, 1035 (total 3), lost overboard from "Hilary", December 22, 1943 No.614, 634, 663, 824, 844, 912. 913, 995 (total 8), lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944 No.616, broke adrift and badly holed in Home Waters, January 22, 1944 No.617, sunk in Home Waters, September 15, 1942 No.622, sunk in Home Waters, September 24, 1942 No.640, 735, 978, 982, 987, 989, 991, 993, 1023 (total 9), lost overseas, presumed during 1944, 1944 No.643, lost at Naples, Italy. Date approximate, May 1944 No.652, 669 (total 2), lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1944 No.673, 680, 684, 685, 689, 692, 693, 727 (total 8), lost in "Marietta E", sunk by U-boat in convoy, Indian Ocean, March 4, 1943 No.683, lost in action off coast of France. Date reported, July 1944 No.707, lost by enemy action in Home Waters, February 22, 1945 No.723, lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1944 No.738, lost during storm in Mediterranean, April 9, 1945 No.753, 771, 795 (total 3), lost during beaching exercises in Home Waters, December 19, 1943 No.769, lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1943 No.780, 782 (total 2), lost in "Sembilan", sunk by U-boat, Indian Ocean, April 17, 1943 No.781, lost in collision, Home Waters, February 14, 1944 No.805, 806 (total 2), cause and place unknown. Date reported, November 1944 No.832, lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1945 No.840, lost by enemy action in Home Waters, March 28, 1945 No.854, cause and place unknown. Date reported, June 1944 No.866, destroyed by fire at Bombay, April 14, 1944 No.867, wrecked at Mandapam, S India across from Ceylon, June 1944 No.879, wrecked at Bombay, September 12, 1943 No.894, 896 (total 2), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.895, damaged and sunk, Portsmouth area, S England, June 1944 No.905, lost in bad weather in Home Waters, June 19, 1944 No.965, lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported, July 1945 No.966, damaged en route to Anzio, W Italy. Date reported, June 1944 No.970, lost in Home Waters. Date reported, June 1944 No.971, lost in collision in Home Waters, July 28, 1944 No.979, lost when in use as ship's boat in Eastern Theatre, March 5, 1945 No.999, sunk in gale in Home Waters, September 26, 1944 No.1008, damaged and sunk in heavy weather in Home Waters, August 1942 No.1011, lost in collision in Home Waters, October 21, 1944 No.1012, sunk in collision in Home Waters, August 1942 No.1018, lost in Scheldt area, Holland, January 26, 1945 No.1019, sunk during heavy weather in Salerno Bay, Italy, September 28, 1943 No.1026, sunk in Mediterranean, March 23, 1944 Landing craft personnel (Survey) LCP(Survey) (9 tons) No.154, cause and place unknown. Date reported, July 1944
LCV and LCV(P), Landing Craft Vehicle (and Personnel) – able to carry 36 troops or 3t vehicle Landing craft vehicle LCV (10-11 tons) No.579, lost at Inverary, W Scotland, December 13, 1942 No.584, sunk off Inellan, W Scotland, March 15, 1943 No.597, lost in Home Waters, September 12, 1942 No.719, cause and place unknown, June 1944 No.752, 754 (total 2), lost in "Fidelity", sunk N Atlantic, December 30, 1942 No.798, lost in Home Waters, September 25, 1942 No.801, broke adrift and holed, Portsmouth area, S England, October 18, 1944 No.802, lost in tow in Home Waters, August 2, 1945 No.814, lost in Home Waters, January 30, 1945 No.825, blew up during exercise off W Scotland. Date given as May 21st-22nd, 1943 No.894, lost on service with Royal Army Service Corps, CTC, Rothesay, Scotland. Date reported, February 1944 Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) (10.5-13.5 tons) No.1016, 1029, 1031, 1033, 1044-1046, 1049,1054, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1084, 1088, 1093, 1098, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1111, 1114, 1117, 1120-1122, 1124, 1129, 1132, 1133, 1139, 1146, 1153, 1155, 1157, 1159, 1165, 1170-1172, 1184, 1188, 1201, 1204, 1211, 1216, 1218, 1242, 1245, 1246, 1248, 1249, 1251, 1255, 1260, 1262, 1264 (total 57), June, lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France. Date approximate, June 1944 No.1040, capsized off Newhaven, S England after engine room flooding, November 1, 1943 No.1066, lost during exercises, Richborough area, Kent, SE England, February 1944 No.1103, abandoned at Chichester, S England, November 20, 1944 No.1129, sank, Portsmouth area, S England, November 25, 1944 No.1167, lost, Channel Islands, English Channel, July 15, 1945 No.1191, cause and place unknown, January 1945 No.1228, lost in Home Waters, November 27, 1944 No.1288, lost in Home Waters, July 13, 1944 No.1358, lost by stranding, E Mediterranean, April 1945
LCM, Landing Craft Mechanised (30-37 tons) – able to carry one 16t-40t tank or 60-100 troops Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM No.1, sunk in home waters, 1941 No.10, 11, 14, 15, 18-20 (total 7), presumed lost during operations at Narvik, Norway between May 6th and 27th, 1940 No.12, 22 (total 2), abandoned at Dunkirk June 2, 1940 No.17, abandoned at Dunkirk June 3, 1940 No.23-25, 34, 45 (total 5), lost in Middle East, August 1942 No.26, sunk in Mediterranean, off Libya, January 2, 1943 No.31, lost in Home Waters. Date reported, October 1942 No.32, 55, 67, 95, 96, 103, 107, 108 (total 8), lost in Middle East. Date reported, August 1941 No.33, damaged beyond repair in Home Waters, December 20, 1943 No.38, lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, April 1942 No.46, capsized and sank, E. Indies, May 5, 1942 No.51, 53 (total 2), lost in Middle East, March 1942 No.56, lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942 No.58, sunk in Mediterranean, off Libya, January 25, 1943 No.61, sunk in Benghazi Harbour through heavy weather, February 8, 1943 No.63-65, 69, 72, 73, 190, 147, 153, 161, 169, 186 (total 12), lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa, November 1942 No.76, lost in E Indies. Date reported, March 1944 No.80, stranded off Benghazi. Total loss, February 6, 1943 No.82, 97 (total 2), lost in Middle East, August 9, 1941 No.84, 90, 93, 119, 122, 135, 137 (total 7), lost in Middle East, June 1942 No.89 Believed lost in tow en route to Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), October 22, 1942 No.91, lost in E Indies. Date reported, June 1944 No.98, lost by enemy action in Benghazi area, December 6, 1942 No.106, lost at Crete, May 1941 No.110, 113, 145, 146, 148 (total 5), lost during fall of Tobruk, June 20, 1942 No.127, 128, 165, 168, 180, 191, 203, 216, 226, 229, 231, 241, 251, 281, 316, 319, 330, 335, 337, 338, 345, 346, 348, 355, 357, 377, 382, 383, 408, 409, 419, 421, 425, 443, 444, 466 (total 36), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944 No.131, 182, 183, 207, 209 (total 5), lost in E Indies. Date reported, May 1944 No.136, cause and place unknown. Date reported, February 1945 No.138, lost, English Channel, July 7, 1944 No.139, lost through heavy weather in Middle East, November 20, 1942 No.140, lost in Middle East, July 1942 No.181, lost in Azores,. Date reported, November 1943 No.192, 234, 254, 279, 282, 327, 329, 367 (total 8), lost in Home Waters. Date reported, February 1944 No.212, 215, 218, 219, 243, 272, 277, 285, 288, 324 (total 10), lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944 No.232, lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate, October 1943 No.263, wrecked on beach, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, September 11, 1944 No.270, 339, 359, 422 (total 4), lost from "Asa Lothrop". Date reported, February 1945 No.295, lost overseas, June 1944 No.340, 424 (total 2), lost overboard from "John L Manson" in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, SW England, November 19, 1944 No.354, 493 (total 2), lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, June 1945 Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM (52 tons) No.501, 510, 516 (total 3), lost in Middle East, August 1942 No.508, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532, 537, 547, 620 (total 9), lost in "Southern Empress", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, October 14, 1942 No.518, 520, 528, 539, 543. 551, 555, 556, 558, 564, 567, 569, 571, 572, 574, 581, 584, 590, 592, 593, 595, 596, 606, 609, 624, 635 (total 26), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, November 1942 No.525, 559, 591, 650, 907 (total 5), lost overseas, presumed during 1944 No.527, 534, 540, 588, 1029, 1045, 1071, 1083, 1123, 1171, 1205 (total 11), lost overseas. Date reported, May 1944 No.531, 535, 568, 587, 627, 628, 631, 641, 908, 929, 1053.1059,1062, 1088, 1098, 1108, 1120, 1127, 1128, 1139, 1145, 1146, 1161, 1175, 1189, 1197, 1200, 1207, 1208, 1212, 1220, 1221, 1227, 1232, 1233, 1240, 1244, 1278, 1282, 1293, 1297, 1397 (total 42), lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, June-July 1944 No.545, 938, 1044 (total 3), lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate, October 1943 No.577, lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, June 1944 No.583, lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, November 1943 No.611, 613, 632-634, 636 (total 6), lost in "Empire Tarpon", off N.W. Scotland, October 14, 1942 No.618, 640 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean, August 9, 1944 No.623, 910, 930, 1022, 1064, 1173, 204 (total 7), lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, January 1944 No.1011, lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, March 1945 No.1092, cause and place unknown. Date reported, June 1945 No.1101 (52t each), wrecked near Aden, en route to India, November 15, 1944 No.1115, 1130 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, June 1944 No.1131, lost in Arromanches Area, Normandy, January 23, 1945 No.1165,1182 (total 2), lost in Home Waters. Date approximate, October 1943 No.1185, lost, presumed during 1945. Date reported, July 1945 No.1313, 1314, 1373, 1378 (total 4), lost on passage from USA to India. Date reported, April 1944 No.1319,1327 (total 2), lost on Arakan Coast, Burma, April 1945 No.1380, 1381 (total 2), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, May 1944
LANDING BARGES Landing Barge BB 150 ton type No.332, 362 (total 2), sunk by aircraft near Salcombe, S England, September 19, 1942 CC 200 ton type No.382, cause and place unknown, September 1942
Landing Barge, Emergency Repair 200 ton type No.8, 17, 25-27, 57, 60 (total 7), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, June 25, 1944 No.12, 30, 32-34 (total 5), written off. Date reported, June 1945
Landing Barge, Kitchen No. 8, sank in tow, English Channel, July 31, 1945
Landing Barge, Oiler 150 ton type No.4, cause and place unknown, August 17, 1944 No.10, written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, June 25, 1944 No.11, 21, 24, 26, 77, 82, 92, 95 (total 8), written off. Date reported, June 1945 No.17, swamped and sank in Arromanches Harbour during gale, N France, January 20, 1945 No.30, cause and place unknown, August 31, 1944 No.73, cause and place unknown, August 9, 1944 200t type No.6, cause and place unknown, June 1944 No.13, 37, 63, 69, 88, 96 (total 6), written off. Date reported, June 1945 No.46, 56, 81 (total 3), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as June 19th-25th, 1944 No.53, cause and place unknown, August 9, 1944 No.87, cause and place unknown, July 11, 1944
Landing Barge, Vehicle (MkI) 150 ton type No.16, 51 (total 2), lost through stress of weather, June 12, 1944 No.52, cause and place unknown, June-July 1944 No.83, sank in tow, August 19, 1944 No.84, cause and place unknown, June 26, 1944 No.121, 175 (total 2), cause and place unknown, July 1, 1944 No.136, 149, 497 (total 3), cause and place unknown, February 1944 No.154, sank at moorings off Portsmouth, S England, August 14, 1944 No.229, 266 (total 2), cause and place unknown. Date reported, March 1944 No.367, wrecked on passage Dartmouth to Portland, S England, January 17, 1944
Landing Barge, Vehicle (MkII) 150 ton type No.1, 5, 9, 11, 31, 35, 42, 65, 72, 73, 75, 76, 99, 118, 211, 212 (total 16), written off. Date reported, June 1945 No.3, 27, 49, 61, 67, 94, 95, 103, 209, 214 (total 10), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as June 19th-25th, 1944 No.16, 20, 51 (total 3), cause and place unknown, June 1944 No.19, 28, 116, 122 (total 4), cause and place unknown, July 29, 1944 200 ton type No.132, written off, May 29, 1945 No.137,140,157, 170 (total 4), written off. Date reported, June 1945 No.152, written off. Date reported, May 1945 No.172, 176, 206, 232 (total 4), written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as June 19th-25th, 1944
Landing Barge, Water 150t type No.1, 6 (total 2), written off. Date reported, June 1945 No.7, written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as June 19th-25th, 1944 No.11, cause and place unknown, September 12, 1944 No.14, cause and place unknown, August 27, 1944 200t type No.15, written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as June 19th-25th, 1944
Ramped Dumb Barge 100 ton type No.43, 65 (total 2), cause and place unknown, July 1, 1944 No.83, sank on passage to Sheerness, SE England, May 23, 1944 150 ton type No.59, sank in Edinburgh Channel, Scotland, November 26, 1945 No.114, written off. Date reported, June 1945 |
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