Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 415 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 29 Oct 1942 |
Launched | 21 Nov 1942 |
Commissioned | 19 Jan 1943 |
Lost | 16 Jan 1945 |
History | LST 415 was torpedoed and damaged by a German motor torpedo boat on 16 January 1945 off the Tongue lightvessel and beached. |
Former name | USS LST 415 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 415 (LST 415)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Samuel Rayer, DSC, OBE, RNR | 13 Mar 1943 | 26 May 1943 |
2 | A/Cdr. Christoper Bryan Stracey Clitherow, RN | 26 May 1943 | Apr 1944 |
3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Cecil Gaffney, RNR | Apr 1944 | mid 1944 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Vivian King Gilbey, RNR | mid 1944 | 27 Feb 1945 |
5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Denzil Richard Cranley Onslow, RNR | 27 Feb 1945 | 15 Apr 1945 |
6 | T/Lt. Reginald William Tiffen, RNR | 15 Apr 1945 | late 1945 |
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