HMS LST-418
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| Name | HMS LST-418 | ||
| Type: | Landing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 1,625 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc, Baltimore MD | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 16 Feb 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-230 (Paul Siegmann) | ||
| Position | 41.00N, 12.55E - Grid CJ 5678 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (21 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Shingle | ||
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| History | Completed in January 1943 as USS LST-418 for the US Navy, but the same day transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS LST-418. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.11 hours on 16 Feb, 1944, HMS LST-418 was struck by a Gnat from U-230 northwest of Punta Papa, Ponza Island and sank after being hit by a coup de grāce at 15.36 hours. The vessel was participating in the landings in Anzio-Nettuno, the Operation Shingle. The survivors were rescued by the American landing craft USS LCI(L)-194. | ||
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