Ships hit by U-boats


HMS LCE-14

British Landing craft


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NameHMS LCE-14
Type:Landing craft (LCER)
Tonnage10 tons
Completed 
OwnerThe Admiralty 
Homeport 
Date of attack4 Jul 1943Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-409 (Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann)
Position36° 44'N, 1° 25'E - Grid CH 84
Complement? men (? dead and ? survivors).
ConvoyKMS-18B
Route 
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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