FFL L´Enjoue (W 44)
French Corvette
FFL L´Enjoue (W 44) under her former name USS PC-482
| Name | FFL L´Enjoue (W 44) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (PC-461) | ||
| Tonnage | 335 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Defoe Shipbuilding Co, Bay City MI | ||
| Owner | Free French Navy | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 9 Jan 1945 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-870 (Ernst Hechler) | ||
| Position | 35° 56'N, 5° 49'W - Grid CG 9591 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | GC-107 | ||
| Route | Gibraltar (9 Jan) - Casablanca | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Commissioned in April 1942 as submarine chaser USS PC-482 in the US Navy and used as convoy escort in the Carribean. On 15 Jul 1944, transferred to the Free French Navy at Casablanca, Morocco, reclassified as corvette and renamed FFL L´Enjoue (W 44). | ||
| Notes on event | At 17.15 hours on 9 Jan 1945, FFL L´Enjoue (W 44) was hit by a Gnat from U-870 while escorting convoy GC-107 and sank off Cape Spartel. | ||
| On board | We have details of 59 people who were on board. | ||
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