FFL LŽEnjoue (W 44)
FFL LŽEnjoue (W 44) under her former name USS PC-482
| Name | FFL LŽEnjoue (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 | 35.56N, 05.49W - Grid CG 9591 - See location on a map - | ||
| 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 LŽEnjoue (W 44). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.15 hours on 9 Jan, 1945, FFL LŽEnjoue (W 44) was hit by a Gnat from U-870 while escorting the convoy GC-107 and sank off Cape Spartel. | ||
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