HMS LCI(L)-162
British Landing craft
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| Name | HMS LCI(L)-162 | ||
| Type: | Landing craft (LCI(L)-1) | ||
| Tonnage | 246 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Port Newark NJ | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 7 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-596 (Gunter Jahn) | ||
| Position | 36° 21'N, 0° 18'E - Grid CH 8438 | ||
| Complement | 25 officers and men (18 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Oran - Arzew (7 Feb) - Algiers | ||
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| History | Laid down in August 1942 for the US Navy, transferred to the Royal Navy upon completion on 26 October 1942. | ||
| Notes on event | At 17.08 hours on 7 Feb 1943, HMS LCI(L)-162 was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-596 about 25 miles north-northeast of Mostaganem, Algeria. The vessel disappeared in the explosion and the seven survivors were picked up by HMS LCI(L)-7 and HMS LCI(L)-210, which were en route with the landing craft. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 18 people who were on board. | ||
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