HMS LCT-2480
British Landing craft
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| Name | HMS LCT-2480 | ||
| Type: | Landing craft (LCT Mk.V) | ||
| Tonnage | 291 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 8 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-527 (Herbert Uhlig) | ||
| Position | 58° 30'N, 31° 00'W - Grid AK 2841 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-121 (straggler) | ||
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| History | Completed in October 1942 as USS LCT-480 for US Navy and lend-leased to Royal Navy as HMS LCT-2480. | ||
| Notes on event | The HMS LCT-2480 was on transfer from the USA to the UK aboard the Fort Lamy and was lost on 8 March 1943, when this ship was sunk by U-527 as straggler of convoy SC-121. | ||
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