HMS LST-404
HMS LST-404 after being torpedoed. Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst
| Name | HMS LST-404 | ||
| Type: | Landing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 1,625 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc, Baltimore MD | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 15 Aug 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-741 (Gerhard Palmgren) | ||
| Position | 50.02N, 00.38W - Grid BF 35 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (7 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | FTM-69 | ||
| Route | Seine Bay (15 Aug) - Southend | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in December 1942 as USS LST-404 for the US Navy, but the same day transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS LST-404. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.35 hours on 15 Aug, 1944, U-741 attacked the convoy FTM-69 about 35 miles southeast of St. Catherine´s Point and torpedoed HMS LST-404, but was sunk after the attack by an escort vessel. The landing ship was taken in tow by the American rescue tug USS ATR-4 and beached on Ryde Sands, Isle of Wight. The vessel later broke in two and was declared a total loss. The wreck was broken up at Zeebrugge in June 1948. | ||
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