HMS Lapwing (U 62)
| Name | HMS Lapwing (U 62) | ||
| Type: | Sloop (Modified Black Swan) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.350 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Scottīs Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 20 Mar, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-968 (Otto Westphalen) | ||
| Position | 69.26N, 33.44E - Grid AC 8867 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 229 officers and men (168 dead and 61 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | JW-65 | ||
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| History | At 10.14 hours on 20 Mar, 1945, U-716 (Thimme) attacked the convoy JW-65 in grid AC 8860 and reported a Groznyj-class destroyer sunk, but the U-boat probably missed the HMS Lapwing (U 62). | ||
| Notes on loss | In the afternoon on 20 Mar, 1945, U-968 attacked the convoy JW-65 and reported a destroyer and a Liberty sunk and another Liberty ship torpedoed. In fact, the sloop HMS Lapwing (U 62) of the 7th Escort Group and the Liberty ship Thomas Donaldson were sunk. | ||
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