Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 364 |
Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 3 Sep 1942 |
Launched | 26 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 Nov 1942 |
Lost | 22 Feb 1945 |
Loss position | 51° 18'N, 1° 55'E |
History | Torpedoed and sunk off Ramsgate on 22 February 1945 while in convoy TAM-87 by a German midget submarine. The wreck is in position 51°18'397N 01°54'875E. |
Former name | USS LST 364 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 364 (LST 364)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Cecil Gaffney, RNR | 20 Oct 1942 | Aug 1943 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Lawson Baker, RNR | Aug 1943 | 7 Mar 1944 |
3 | A/Cdr. George Frederick Parker, RD, RNR | 7 Mar 1944 | Sep 1944 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Archibald Murray Gill Stewart, RCNVR | Sep 1944 | 2 Dec 1944 |
5 | T/Lt. Denzil Richard Cranley Onslow, RNR | 2 Dec 1944 | early 1945 |
6 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Cecil Dick Bluett Coventry, DSC, RD, RNR | early 1945 | 22 Feb 1945 |
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