HMS LCT-2398
British Landing craft
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| Name | HMS LCT-2398 | ||
| Type: | Landing craft (LCT Mk.V) | ||
| Tonnage | 291 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Mount Vernon Bridge & Iron, Mount Vernon OH | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 11 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-757 (Friedrich Deetz) | ||
| Position | 51° 35'N, 28° 30'W - Grid AK 9872 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-228 | ||
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| History | Completed in December 1942 as USS LCT-398 for US Navy and lend-leased to Royal Navy as HMS LCT-2398. | ||
| Notes on event | The HMS LCT-2398 was on transfer from the USA to the UK aboard the William C. Gorgas and was lost on 11 March 1943, when this ship was sunk by U-757 in convoy HX-228. | ||
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