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LA COMBATTANTE, Destroyer escort (ex-HALDON, on loan to French Navy, 1,050t, 30/12/42) Sank by mine, North Sea, 45/02/23

LA NANTAISE, Trawler (R, 359) Sunk in collision off SE England, 45/07/08

LADY LILIAN, Trawler (R, 581t, 1939) Sunk by aircraft, W of Ireland, 41/03/16

LADY SHIRLEY, Trawler (R, 477t, 1937) Sunk by U-boat, Gibraltar Straits, 41/12/11

LADY SLATER, Examination vessel (R, 273t, 1934) Caught fire and became total loss, 40/07/30

LADY SOMERS, Ocean boarding vessel (R, 8,194t, 1929) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, N Atlantic, 41/07/15

LADYBIRD, River gun boat (625t, 1916) Dive-bombed and sunk, Tobruk, Libya, 41/05/12

LAERTES, Trawler (530t, 9/4/41) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, Freetown area, W Africa, 42/07/25

LAFOREY, Destroyer (Leader, 1,935t, 26/8/41) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, North of Sicily, 44/03/30

LAKE NEUFCHATEL, Special service vessel (3,859t, 1907) Sunk as blockships, date unknown, 40/

LANCE, Destroyer (1,920t, 13/5/41) Sunk by aircraft, bombs, at Malta, 42/04/09. Subsequently salved


Landing barges

Landing barge No.332, 362 (total 2, BB 150t type) Sunk by aircraft near Salcombe, S England, 42/09/19

Landing barge No.382 (CC, 200t type) Cause and place unknown, 42/09

Landing barge, emergency repair No.8, 17, 25-27, 57, 60 (total 7, 200t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Landing barge, emergency repair No.12, 30, 32-34 (total 5, 200t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, kitchen No. 8, Sank in tow, English Channel, 45/07/31

Landing barge, oiler No.4 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/08/17

Landing barge, oiler No.6 (200t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/06

Landing barge, oiler No.10 (150t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Landing barge, oiler No.11, 21, 24, 26, 77, 82, 92, 95 (total 8, 150t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, oiler No.13, 37, 63, 69, 88, 96 (total 6, 200t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, oiler No.17 (150t type) Swamped and sank in Arromanches Harbour during gale, N France, 45/01/20

Landing barge, oiler No.30 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/08/31

Landing barge, oiler No.46, 56, 81 (total 3, 200t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Landing barge, oiler No.53 (200t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/08/09

Landing barge, oiler No.73 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/08/09

Landing barge, oiler No.87 (200t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/07/11

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.43, 65 (total 2, 100t type), 44/07/01 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/01

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.59 (150t type) Sank in Edinburgh Channel, Scotland, 45/11/26

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.83 (100t type), 44/05/23 Sank on passage to Sheerness, SE England, 44/05/23

Landing barge, ramped dumb No.114 (150t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.16, 51 (total 2, 150t type) Lost through stress of weather (see also MkII No.16, 51 following), 44/06/12

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.52 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/06/07

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.83 (150t type) Sank in tow, 44/08/19

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.84 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/06/26

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.121, 175 (total 2, 150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/07/01

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.136, 149, 497 (total 3, 150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/02

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.154 (150t type) Sank at moorings off Portsmouth, S England, 44/08/14

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.229, 266 (total 2, 150t type) Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/03

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI) No.367 (150t type) Wrecked on passage Dartmouth to Portland, S England, 44/01/17

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.1, 5, 9, 11, 31, 35, 42, 65, 72, 73, 75, 76, 99, 118, 211, 212 (total 16, 150t type) Written off. Date, 45/06

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.3, 27, 49, 61, 67, 94, 95, 103, 209, 214 (total 10, 150t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.16, 20, 51 (total 3, 150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/06

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.19, 28, 116, 122 (total 4, 150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/07/29

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.132 (200t type) Written off, 45/05/29

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.137,140,157, 170 (total 4, 200t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.152 (200t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/05

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII) No.172, 176, 206, 232 (total 4, 200t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Landing barge, water No.1, 6 (total 2, 150t type) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, water No.7 (150t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Landing barge, water No.11 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/09/12

Landing barge, water No.14 (150t type) Cause and place unknown, 44/08/27

Landing barge, water No.15 (200t type) Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

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LAPWING, Sloop (1,460t, 21/3/44) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, off Kola Inlet, N Russia, 45/03/20

LARK, Sloop (1,350t, 10/4/44) Damaged beyond repair by torpedo, 45/02/17

LARUT, Armed trader (R, 894t, 1927). Sunk by aircraft off E coast of Sumatra, 42/01/22

LARWOOD, Trawler (R, 453T, 1936) Sunk by aircraft, West Coast of Norway, 40/04/25

LATONA, Cruiser minelayer (2,650y, 4/5/41) Attacked by aircraft, E Mediterranean, 41/10/25

LAURENTIC, Armed merchant (R, 18,724t, 1927, AMC from 10/39) Sunk by U-boat torpedo, NW Approaches, 40/11/03

LAWFORD, Frigate (1,150t, 3/11/43) Bombed and sunk on service as HQ ship,Normandy, 44/06/08


Landing craft

LCA No.1, 2, Landing craft assault (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Home waters, 40/06/14

LCA No.4, 18, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in SS Clan Macalister, sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, 40/05/29

LCA No.6, (11-13.5t) Cause and place unknown. Date loss reported, 40/07/

LCA No.8, 15, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost at Dunkirk, 40/05/31

LCA No.11, 14, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Home waters, 40/06/09

LCA No.16, (11-13.5t) Sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, 40/05/29

LCA No.28, (11-13.5t) Lost during evacuation of Crete, 41/05

LCA No.31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 40, 51, 60, 63, 64, 75, 79-81, 87, 105, 113, (total 18, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Middle East. Date reported, 41/08

LCA No.33, 56, 146, (total 3, 11-13.5t each) Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/06

LCA No.35, 55, 128, 135, 153, 167, 169, 176, 187-189, 218, 219, 222, 227, 235, 239, 244, 245, 259-261, 266, 269, 271, 286, 287, 301, 307, 309, 330, 321, 375, 423, 436, 447, 451, (total 37, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Operation Torch, N Africa. Date approximate, 42/11

LCA No.37 52, 92, 94. 97, 102, 192, 209, 214, 215, 237, 247, 251, 262, 284, 314, 317, (total 17, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 42/08/19

LCA No.54, (11-13.5t) Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/07

LCA No.59, 69, (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost, Bombay area, 44/06/15

LCA No.70 (11-13.5t) Lost in Middle East, 41/

LCA No.78 (11-13t) Lost in tow from Algiers to Djedjelli. Date reported, 43/06

LCA No.107 (11-13.5t) Sunk, 44/06/06

LCA No.119 (11-13.5t) Sunk in home waters. Date reported), 41/07

LCA No.121 (11-13.5t) Cause and place unknown, 41/12/24

LCA No.130 (11-13.5t) Destroyed by fire at Marve. Date reported, 44/05

LCA No.138 (11-13.5t) Lost in Home Waters, 42/06

LCA No.149 (11-13.5t) Lost in India, 44/11/16

LCA No.166 (11-13.5t) Lost in Home Waters, 42/04/10

LCA No.171, 208, 279, 289, 303, 320, 337, 339, 341, 349, 350, 352, 360, 367, 383, 387, 401, 409 418, 424, 431, 434, 442, 458, 462, 463, 476, 48.5, 494, 496, 503, 509, 318-520,522, 525, 530, 535, 540, 566, 579, 581, 584, 586, 588-590, 592-594, 611, 613, 623, 637, 642, 649-652, 655, 661, 664, 665, 673, 683, 691, 692, 704, 705, 710, 717, 721, 722, 729, 731, 738, 748, 750, 768, 775, 779, 780, 788, 791, 792, 795-797,803, 808-810, 812, 814, 815, 821, 825, 827, 835, 849, 853, 857, 859, 860, 867, 869-871, 879, 881, 886, 900, 903, 911, 913, 914, 918-920, 929, 933, 946, 949, 958, 978, 984, 998-1000, 1005, 1008, 1013, 1016, 1021, 1024, 1026-1028, 1034, 1050, 1057/1059, 1063, 1068, 1069, 1074, 1082, 1086, 1088, 1091, 1093, 1096, 1129, 1131, 1132, 1137, 1138, 1143, 1144, 1146, 1149-1151,1155, 1156, 1213, 1215, 1216, 1251-1253, 1256, 1338-1341, 1343, 1372, 1379, 1381/1383 (total 184, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06-07

LCA No.182 (11-13.5t) Cause and place unknown Date reported, 44/06

LCA No.183, 258, 802, Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (total 3, 12t each) Lost in Mediterranean, 44/07/01

LCA No.193 (11-13.5t) Lost during fall of Tobruk, 42/06/20

LCA No.196 (11-13.5t) Lost by enemy action, 42/07

LCA No.211 (11-13.5t) Lost in Home Waters, 42/04

LCA No.212, 316. 505, 545 (total 4, 11-13t each) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 43/11

LCA No.222, 312 (total 2, 11-13t each) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 43/06

LCA No.226, 254, 347, 440, 487, 696, 753 (total 7, 11-13.5t each) Cause and place unknown, 44/

LCA No.248, 400 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Mediterranean, 44/07/01

LCA No.272 (11-13t) Lost in Mediterranean, 43/04

LCA No.323, 394, 428, 697 (total 4, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, 44/01

LCA No.326 (11-13.5t) Lost in Mediterranean, 44/

LCA No.364, 382, 398, 417, 433, 459, 492, 526, 573, 761 (total 10, 11-13.5t each) Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/05

LCA No.446 (11-13t) Lost in heavy weather in Mediterranean, 43/08/29

LCA No.551 (11-13.5t) Lost in heavy weather, River Blackwater, Essex, SE England, 44/11/07

LCA No.552 (11-13.5t) Wrecked during exercises off E Scotland, 44/02/09

LCA No.553 (11-13t) Sunk in collision off Southampton, 43/12/02

LCA No.577, 625 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 44/09

LCA No.614 (11-13.5t) Lost in heavy weather, English Channel, 44/11/29

LCA No.645, 646 (total 2, 11-13t) Lost in heavy weather, English Channel, 43/12/21

LCA No.671, 690, 965, 1072, Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (total 4, 12t each) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06-07

LCA No.672, 811, Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (total 2, 12t each) Foundered during exercises off E Scotland, 44/04/02

LCA No.675 (11-13t) Lost during gale at Salerno, 43/09/24

LCA No.689, Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) (12t) Sank in Home Waters, 44/03/13

LCA No.713, 725, 817, 831, 843, 1018, 1030, 1079, 1125, 1260 (total 10, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland. Date given as 2nd-5th, 44/11/05

LCA No.723 (11-13t) Broke adrift from Hopetoun II, Port Edgar. Date approximate, 43/12

LCA No.726, 908 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Home Waters, 44/03/01

LCA No.783. 790, 865 (total 3, 11-13.5t each) Lost in Home Waters off E Scotland. Date reported, 44/01/19

LCA No.813 (11-13t) Lost during exercise in Home Waters, 43/11/29

LCA No.841 (11-13.5t) Sunk in operations off Holland, 45/04/22

LCA No.845 (11-13.5t) Became waterlogged and sank during exercises off Leith, E Scotland, 44/01/29

LCA No.848, 1378 (total 2, 11-13.5t each) Lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, 44/09/26

LCA No.1112, 1153 (total 2, 11-13.5t) Presumed lost during 1945, 45/03

LCA No.1161 (11-13.5t) Lost through heavy weather at Leyte, Philippines, 45/02/26

LCA No.1188 (11-13.5t) Lost in Solomon Islands, SW Pacific, 44/12

LCA No.1211, Landing craft assault (Obstruction Clearance) (13.5t) Lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1945. Date reported, 45/05

LCA No.1304 (11-13.5t) Lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, 44/07/14

LCA No.1329, 1591 (total 2, 11-13.5t) Lost overboard from LST off India, 45/08/17

LCA No.1346, 1396 (total 2, 11-13.5t) Lost in Mediterranean; presumed during 1945. Date reported, 45/04

LCA No.1393 (11-13.5t) Lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/07/03

LCA No.1433 (11-13.5t) Smashed by heavy seas, Admiralty Islands, SW Pacific, 45/03/30