Ships hit by U-boats


FFL LŽEnjoue (W 44)

French Corvette



FFL LŽEnjoue (W 44) under her former name USS PC-482

NameFFL LŽEnjoue (W 44)
Type:Corvette (PC-461)
Tonnage335 tons
Completed1942 - Defoe Shipbuilding Co, Bay City MI 
OwnerFree French Navy 
Homeport 
Date of attack9 Jan 1945Nationality:      French
 
FateSunk by U-870 (Ernst Hechler)
Position35.56N, 05.49W - Grid CG 9591
Complement? men (? dead and ? survivors).
ConvoyGC-107
RouteGibraltar (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.

 

Location of attack on FFL LŽEnjoue (W 44).

ship sunk.


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