HMS LCE-14
British Landing craft
Name | HMS LCE-14 | ||
Type: | Landing craft (LCER) | ||
Tonnage | 10 tons | ||
Completed | |||
Owner | The Admiralty | ||
Homeport | |||
Date of attack | 4 Jul 1943 | Nationality: British | |
Fate | Sunk by U-409 (Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann) | ||
Position | 36° 44'N, 1° 25'E - Grid CH 84 | ||
Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
Convoy | KMS-18B | ||
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Cargo | |||
History | | ||
Notes on event | HMS LCE-14 was on transfer from the UK to the Mediterranean aboard the City of Venice to be used in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, but was lost on 4 July 1943, when this ship was sunk by U-409 in convoy KMS-18B. |
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