HMS LCT-2006
British Landing craft
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| Name | HMS LCT-2006 | ||
| Type: | Landing craft (LCT Mk.V) | ||
| Tonnage | 291 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp, Manitowoc WI | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 14 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-221 (Hans-Hartwig Trojer) | ||
| Position | 53° 40'N, 40° 40'W - Grid AJ 9327 | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-104 | ||
| Route | On Southern Empress | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in August 1942 as USS LCT-6 for the US Navy, upon completion transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease agreement and renamed HMS LCT-2006. | ||
| Notes on event | HMS LCT-2006 was on transfer from the USA to the UK aboard the Southern Empress and was lost on 14 Oct 1942, when this ship was sunk by U-221 in convoy SC-104. | ||
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