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British naval vessels lost at sea, 1939-45, amphibious warfare vessels

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LANDING SHIPS

Landing ship infantry (Large) LSI(L)

EL HIND (R, 5,319 tons) Destroyed by fire in Bombay Docks, India, 44/04/14

EMPIRE BROADSWORD (4,285 tons) Sunk by mine off Normandy, N France, 44/07/02

EMPIRE JAVELIN (4,285 tons) Lost on passage from Portsmouth to Le Havre. Believed torpedoed by U-boat, 44/12/28

KARANJA (R, 9,890 tons, 1931) Sunk by aircraft, Bougie, Algeria, 42/11/12

Raiding craft carrier, later designated LCP(L)

PRINCE PHILIPPE (R, 2,938 tons, 1939) Sunk in collision off W. Scotland, 41/07/15

Landing ship infantry (Small) LSI(S)

PRINCE LEOPOLD (R, 2,938 tons, 1930) Torpedoed by U-boat, capsized and sank, English Channel, 44/07/29

Landing ship tank (Class II) LST (2,750 tons)

No.79 (17/7/43) Sunk by aircraft, off Corsica, 43/09/30

No.80 (19/7/43) Mined in English Channel and sank off Ostend, Belgium, 45/03/20

No.178 Mined on passage to Corfu, grounded and became total wreck, 45/02/24

No.305 (7/12/42) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, during Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, 44/02/20

No.362 (23/11/42) Sunk by U-boat, torpedo, Biscay area, 44/03/02

No.364 (7/12/42) Torpedoed by U-boat off Ramsgate, S England, 45/02/22

No.407 (31/12/42) Damaged beyond repair by weather in Mediterranean, 44/04/24

No.411 (8/1/43) Mined or torpedoed (31st Dec. 1943) on passage from Maddalena to Bastia, Sardinia. Abandoned owing to heavy weather, 44/01/01

No.414 (20/1/43) Torpedoed by aircraft, off Cani Rocks, Tunisia. Beached off Bizerta, 43/08/15

No.418 (1/2/43) Sunk after 2 underwater explosions, Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, 44/02/16

No.420 (16/2/43) Sunk by mine off Ostend, 44/11/07

No.422 (5/2/43) Mined and sunk in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy, 44/01/26

No.429 (21/2/43) Lost by fire, Mediterranean, 43/07/03

Fighter direction tender FDT

No.216 (2,750 tons, 4/3/43) Sunk by aircraft, torpedo, off Barfleur, N France, 44/07/07


LANDING CRAFT, MAJOR

Landing craft infantry

Landing craft headquarter LCH

No.185 (384 tons) Sunk by mine, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06/25

Landing craft infantry (Large) LCI(L) (380-384 tons)

No.7 Sunk by aircraft off Algiers, 43/04/21

No.99 Sunk in convoy, presumed by U-boat, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/08/14

No.102 Damaged by gales and abandoned, Vis, Adriatic, 44/11/11

No.105 Torpedoed, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06/08

No.107 Wrecked off Reggio, Italy, 43/09/02

No.132 Lost and formally paid off, 44/06/17

No.162 Exploded and sank en route for Algiers, 43/02/07

No.273 Sunk by aircraft, Anzio, W Italy, 44/03/17

No.309 Sunk by aircraft in Biscay area, 43/10/23

Landing craft infantry (Small) LCI(S) (110 tons) ? able to carry 100 troops

No.511 Beached at Portslade, Sussex, S England. Total loss, 44/02/02

No.512, 517, 524, 531, 540 (total 5) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.532 Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, 44/11/01

No.537 Damaged beyond economical repair, 44/06

Landing craft tank

Landing craft tank (MkI) LCT (372 tons) ? able to carry 3-40t or 6-20t tanks

No.1, 12, 15, 19 (total 4, 372t each) Lost in Middle East. Date reported, 41/08

No.2, 7 (total 2) Lost after leaving Tobruk, Libya. Date given as 12th-13th, 41/10/13

No.3 Presumed lost in attack on Kos, Dodecanese. Formally paid off. Later recovered and redesignated N.S.C.(L)94, 43/10/11

No.5 Lost in Home waters. Date reported, 41/08

No.6, 20 (total 2) Lost in Middle East, 41/06

No.8 Lost in Middle East, 41/07/29

No.10 Lost by enemy action, Middle East, 41/07/17

No.11 Lost in Middle Fast, 41/12/16

No.14 Lost in Home waters, 41/08/12

No.16 Lost in Suda Bay, Crete, 41/06/02

Landing craft tank (MkII) LCT (450 tons) ? able to carry 3-40t or 7-20t tanks

No.102, 103 (total 2) Lost in Home waters, 41/10/10

No.105, 109 (total 2) Lost in Home waters, 41/11/04

No.106, 107 (total 2) Sunk in Benghazi Harbour as result of heavy weather, 43/01/06

No.110, 143 (total 2) Lost in Home waters, 41/11

No.115 Sunk by aircraft off Casteloriso, Aegean, 43/10/28

No.119, 150 (total 2) Lost at Tobruk, 42/06/20

No.120 Lost in heavy weather, 42/11/20

No.121, 124, 126, 145, 159 (total 5) Lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 42/08/19

No.129 Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/11

No.155 Lost on passage to Gibraltar, 42/03

Landing craft tank (MkIII) LCT (625-640 tons) ? able to carry 5-40t or 11-30t tanks

No.326 Lost by weather or mine off Isle of Man, 43/02/02

No.328 Mined off W Greece, 44/12/05

No.329 Damaged beyond economical repair, 43/11/23

No.332 Lost off Gijon, N Spain, after engine failure, 43/11/16

No.333, 343, 385 (total 3) Sunk in gale off Land's End, SW England, 43/11/14

No.353 Sunk by aircraft at Syracuse, Sicily, 43/07/27

No.357 Lost in Suda Bay, Crete, as result of explosion, 45/05/29

No.358 Lost in Mediterranean, 43/06/18

No.375 Sunk in Mediterranean. Date reported, 44/02

No.377 Lost, probably mined, on passage Marseilles to Maddalena, Sardinia, 44/10

No.381 Missing from convoy after attack by E-boats, English Channel, 43/02/27

No.387 Mined off W Italy, 44/07/17

No.390 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/09

No.391 Formally paid off. Date approximate, 43/10/01

No.395 Mined and grounded in Mediterranean, 43/06/18

No.403 Lost through stress of weather off Barra Head, outer Hebrides, 43/02/24

No.418 Lost in gale off NW France, 43/11/16

No.427 Cause and place unknown, 44/08

No.480, 488, 491, 494, 7014, 7015 (total 6, 625-640t each) Lost through stress of weather off Land's End, SW England. Date given as 18th-19th, 44/10/19

No.492 Capsized and sank, Red Sea, 45/03/06

No.7011 Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, 44/11/02

No.7057, 7064 (total 2, 625-640t each) Cause and place unknown, 44/07/16

No.7089 Hit obstruction in Boulogne Harbour, N France. Total loss, 44/12/06

Landing craft tank (MkIV) LCT (611t-640 tons) ? able to carry 6-40t or 9-30t tanks

No.511 Broke back while in tow, 44/07/09

No.524, 715, 750, 809, 886, 947 (total 6) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.547 Foundered off Malta, 43/07/08

No.553 Lost in Mediterranean, 43/10/01

No.572, 626 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean, 43/09/09

No.583 Lost in Mediterranean, 43/11/04

No.589 Destroyed to avoid capture, Mediterranean, 44/06/16

No.609 Abandoned after damage by weather off Ostend, Belgium, 44/11/06

No.618 Lost in Mediterranean, 43/10/02

No.621 Lost in Mediterranean, 43/10/07

No.624 Formally paid off, 43/09/08

No.631 Broke back, 44/08/17

No.689 Destroyed by explosion, 44/07/20

No.757 Formally paid off, 44/07/10

No.789, 839, 1133 (total 3) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, 44/11/02

No.875 Sunk by enemy action, 44/06/08

No.901 Broke back, 44/07/24

No.936 Broke back through stress of weather off Lowestoft, E England, 44/10/30

No.943 Sunk, 44/10

No.967 Mined, 44/06/13

No.976 Abandoned with broken back, Schelde River area, Belgium, 44/11/07

No.1022 Wrecked through stress of weather off Dungeness, SE England, 44/11/17

No.1023 Damaged beyond economical repair, 44/07/23

No.1029 Blew up, possibly mined, while at anchor off Skegness, E England, 44/01/16

No.1039 Broke back, 44/08/05

No.1045 Broke in two while in tow, English Channel, 44/10/25

No.1074 Mined, English Channel, 44/08/25

No.1076 Broke in two, 44/08/05

No.1092 Broke back while in tow, 44/08/10

No.1171 Sunk off N European Coast, 44/10/23

No.1238 Mined in Rangoon River, Burma, 45/05/02

Landing craft tank (MkV) LCT (291-311 tons)

No.2006 Lost in transit from USA, 42/10/13

No.2049, 2229, 2307 (total 3, on loan to US Navy) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06/06

No.2054, 2312 (total 2) Lost in transit from USA, 42/12

No.2187 Lost in transit from USA, 42/11

No.2190, 2192, 2284 (total 3) Lost in transit from USA, 42/10/28

No.2231 Lost in LST-79, Sunk off Corsica, 43/09/30

No.2239, 2267, 2344 (total 3) Lost in "Vestfold", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, 43/01/17

No.2281 Lost in transit from USA, 42/10/27

No.2331 Broke back, 44/07

No.2335 Lost in "Daghild", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, 43/02/07

No.2341 Lost in "Bonneville", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, 43/03/10

No.2398 Lost in "Gorgas", 43/03

No.2461 Capsized and sunk by gunfire, Bay of Bengal, 44/11

No.2480 Lost in "Fort Lamy", torpedoed in convoy, N Atlantic, 43/03/08

No.2498 Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

Landing craft tank (Armoured) (MkV) LCT (290-295 tons)

No.2039 Cause and place unknown, 44/06

No.2263 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/15

No.2273, 2301, 2402 (total 3, on loan to US Navy) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.2428 Lost in Operation Neptune. Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.2454 Ran ashore in Lyme Bay, English Channel, in heavy gale. Wrecked, 44/10/13

Landing craft flak, gun, rocket

Landing craft flak (MkII) LCF (500-550 tons)

No.1 Blew up and sank, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/08/17

No.2 Lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 42/08/19

No.13 Bombed off Pantellaria, Central Mediterranean. Total wreck, 43/06/12

No.15 Mined in Convoy, Operation Brassard, Elba landings. Date given as 16th-17th, 44/06/17

Landing craft flak (MkIV) LCF (500-510 tons)

No.31 Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France. Date reported, 44/09/05

No.37, 38 (total 2) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren landings, Holland, 44/11/01

Landing craft gun (Large) (MkIII) LCG(L) (500-627 tons)

No.I, 2 (total 2, 500t each) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, 44/11/02

No.15 (627 tons) Lost off Milford Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather, 43/04/25

No.16 (627 tons) Lost off Milford Haven, SW Wales, in heavy weather, 43/04/26

No.764, 831, 1062 (total 3, 530t each) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/07-08

Landing craft gun (Medium) (MkIII) LCG(M) (381 tons)

No.101, 102 (total 2) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, 44/11/01

Landing craft tank (Rocket) LCT(R) (600 tons)

No.457 Mined off Ostend, Belgium, 44/11/05

Landing craft support (Large) (MkI) LCS(L) (23 tons)

No.201 Lost in collision, English Channel, 43/09

Landing craft support (Large) (MkII) LCS(L) (112 tons) ? gun support

No.252, 256, 258 (total 3) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland, 44/11/01


LANDING CRAFT, MINOR - CARRIED BY LANDING SHIPS,
including:

LCA, Landing Craft Assault ? able to carry 35 troops

Landing craft assault LCA (11-13.5 tons)

No.1, 2 (total 2) Lost in Home waters, 40/06/14

No.4, 18 (total 2) Lost in SS Clan Macalister, sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, 40/05/29

No.6 Cause and place unknown. Date loss reported, 40/07/

No.8, 15 (total 2) Lost at Dunkirk, 40/05/31

No.11, 14 (total 2) Lost in Home waters, 40/06/09

No.16 Sunk by aircraft at Dunkirk, 40/05/29

No.28 Lost during evacuation of Crete, 41/05

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

No.33, 56, 146 (total 3) Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/06

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) Lost in Operation Torch, N Africa. Date approximate, 42/11

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

No.54 Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/07

No.59, 69 (total 2) Lost, Bombay area, 44/06/15

No.70 Lost in Middle East, 41/

No.78 Lost in tow from Algiers to Djedjelli. Date reported, 43/06

No.107 Sunk, 44/06/06

No.119 Sunk in home waters. Date reported), 41/07

No.121 Cause and place unknown, 41/12/24

No.130 Destroyed by fire at Marve. Date reported, 44/05

No.138 Lost in Home Waters, 42/06

No.149 Lost in India, 44/11/16

No.166 Lost in Home Waters, 42/04/10

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) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06-07

No.182 Cause and place unknown Date reported, 44/06

No.193 Lost during fall of Tobruk, 42/06/20

No.196 Lost by enemy action, 42/07

No.211 Lost in Home Waters, 42/04

No.212, 316. 505, 545 (total 4) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 43/11

No.222, 312 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 43/06

No.226, 254, 347, 440, 487, 696, 753 (total 7)Cause and place unknown, 44/

No.248, 400 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean, 44/07/01

No.272 Lost in Mediterranean, 43/04

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

No.326 Lost in Mediterranean, 44/

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

No.446 Lost in heavy weather in Mediterranean, 43/08/29

No.551 Lost in heavy weather, River Blackwater, Essex, SE England, 44/11/07

No.552 Wrecked during exercises off E Scotland, 44/02/09

No.553 Sunk in collision off Southampton, 43/12/02

No.577, 625 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 44/09

No.614 Lost in heavy weather, English Channel, 44/11/29

No.645, 646 (total 2) Lost in heavy weather, English Channel, 43/12/21

No.675 Lost during gale at Salerno, 43/09/24

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

No.723 Broke adrift from Hopetoun II, Port Edgar. Date approximate, 43/12

No.726, 908 (total 2) Lost in Home Waters, 44/03/01

No.783. 790, 865 (total 3) Lost in Home Waters off E Scotland. Date reported, 44/01/19

No.813 Lost during exercise in Home Waters, 43/11/29

No.841 Sunk in operations off Holland, 45/04/22

No.845 Became waterlogged and sank during exercises off Leith, E Scotland, 44/01/29

No.848, 1378 (total 2) Lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, 44/09/26

No.1112, 1153 (total 2) Presumed lost during 1945, 45/03

No.1161 Lost through heavy weather at Leyte, Philippines, 45/02/26

No.1188 Lost in Solomon Islands, SW Pacific, 44/12

No.1304 Lost in heavy weather in Home Waters, 44/07/14

No.1329, 1591 (total 2) Lost overboard from LST off India, 45/08/17

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

No.1393 Lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/07/03

No.1433 Smashed by heavy seas, Admiralty Islands, SW Pacific, 45/03/30

No.1472 Lost at Leyte, Philippines, 45/03/27

Landing craft assault (Hedgerow) LCA (12 tons)

No.183, 258, 802 (total 3) Lost in Mediterranean, 44/07/01

No.671. 690, 965, 1072 (total 4) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06-07

No.672, 811 (total 2) Foundered during exercises off E Scotland, 44/04/02

No.689 Sank in Home Waters, 44/03/13

Landing craft assault (Obstruction Clearance) LCA (13.5 tons)

No.1211 Lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1945. Date reported, 45/05

Landing craft support (Medium) (MkI) LCS(M) (9-11 tons) ? LCA with 4in smoke mortar

No.1 Unknown, 41/

No.4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22 (total 6) Lost during fall of Tobruk, 42/06/20

No.9 Lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 42/08/19

No.11, 14 (total 2) Lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, 42/11

No.16 Lost in India, 43/08/29

No.17 Sunk by enemy action, Mayu River, Burma, 43/04/25

No.23 Lost on patrol, Mayu River, Burma, 43/03

Landing craft support (Medium) (MkII) LCS(M) (12 tons) - LCA with 4in smoke mortar

No.28 Lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, 42/11

No.30 Lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, 45/06

Landing craft support (Medium) (MkIII) LCS(M) (13.5 tons) - LCA with 4in smoke mortar

No.42 Cause and place unknown, 44/08/25

No.46 Lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, 44/01

No.47 Cause and place unknown, 44/06

No.49 Cause and place unknown, 44/

No.54 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/01

No.59 Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/05

No.69 Sunk during exercises off E Scotland, 44/03/03

No.75, 76, 80, 81, 83, 91, 99, 101, 103, 108, 114 (total 11) Lost in Operation Neptune Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.148 Lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, 45/06

Landing craft emergency repair LCER (10 tons)

No.1, 9 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean, 43/10

No.5, 14, 21 (total 3) Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/05

No.15 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/13

LCP, Landing Craft Personnel ? able to carry up to 35 troops

Landing craft personnel (Small) LCP(S) (6 tons)

No.1 Cause and place unknown, 44/

No.9 Driven ashore at Weymouth, S England, 44/04/06

No.25, 50, 61, 73, 101, 135, 137 (total 7) Cause and place unknown Date reported, 44/05

No.60 Wrecked in Azores, 44/01/25

No.74 Lost overboard at Messina, Sicily. Date reported, 44/05

No.76 Lost on passage, 44/03/13

No.116 Lost during exercises in Home Waters, 43/12/22

No.129 Lost by fire at Hythe, S England, 44/11/10

No.136 Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.183 Wrecked in Mediterranean. Date reported, 44/07

Landing craft personnel (Medium) LCP(M) (7 tons)

No.14 Date reported, 43/11

No.17 Lost off Isle of Wight, 43/01/05

Landing craft personnel (Large) LCP(L) (8-11 tons)

No.7, 18 (total 2) Lost in Home Waters, 44/10/06

No.8, 263, 287, 577 (total 4) Lost overseas. Date reported, 44/05

No.11 Lost on passage from Brest to Cherbourg, 45/01/18

No.13, 14, 21-23, 40, 51, 121, 132, 139, 170, 175, 176, 187, 189, 197, 199, 208, 272, 280, 282, 285, 286, 289, 309, 312, 528, 556 (total 28) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06-07

No.17 Lost by fire at Chittagong, India, 43/01/03

No.24-27, 38, 82 (total 6) Lost in Home waters, 41/

No.29 Lost by fire in Middle East, 42/09/15

No.30 Lost in air raid on Liverpool. Date given as 20th-21st, 40/12/21

No.36 Lost by fire at Chittagong, India. Date given as 24th-25th, 42/12/25

No.42, 45, 8I, 157, 164, 174, 210, 212 (total 8) Lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 42/08/19

No.52 Lost by fire, Portsmouth Area, S England, 44/10/11

No.57 Bombed at Tobruk, 42/03

No.59, 71 (total 2) Lost through heavy weather while at anchor, Middle East, 41/09/02

No.63 Lost in Middle East. Date reported, 41/08

No.64 Lost during fall of Tobruk, 42/06/20

No.65 Lost in bad weather off Alexandria, Egypt, 42/06/30

No.66, 356, 373 (total 3) Lost in Operation Shingle, Operation Anzio. Date approximate, 44/01

No.80 Broke adrift during gale in Home Waters, 43/01/15

No.83 Lost by fire at Newhaven, S England, 42/09/02

No.84, 85, 88, 97, 98, 110, 118, 128, 137, 145, 146, 149, 162, 163, 198, 200, 230/233, 235, 238, 239, 241, 242, 246, 247, 269, 293. 294 (total 30, On loan to US Navy) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/08-09

No.87 Lost in Home Waters, 43/02/25

No.93 Destroyed by fire at Shoreham, S England, 42/07/10

No.106 Wrecked off Tobruk, 43/03/04

No.107-109 (total 3) Lost in home waters in transit from USA, 41/05

No.117 Lost in Home Waters, 42/03

No.126 Burnt out, 43/08

No.127, 134 (total 2) Lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Landings, Holland. Date reported, 44/12

No.133 Lost in Schelde River Area, Belgium, 44/11/05

No.136 Caught fire and blew up during exercises off Southampton, S England, 43/12/08

No.138, 507, 543, 544, 550, 560, 562, 565, 566, 568, 573, 575, 576, 759 (total 14) Lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, 42/11

No.152 Wrecked during exercises in Home Waters, 44/02/24

No.180-185 (total 6) Lost at Singapore, 42/02

No.193, 194 (total 2) Lost overboard through heavy weather in Home waters, 41/12

No.203-206 (total 4) Lost at Sourabaya, Java (in January 1943?), 43/01

No.209 Lost in Seaford Bay, S England, 42/11/06

No.229, 298/300, 303/305, 308, 310 (total 9) Lost in Home Waters, 44/07

No.267 Sunk by mine off Cherbourg, N France, 44/07/08

No.276, 277 (total 2) Lost in transit, 43/03

No.302 Wrecked E of Ostend, Belgium, 44/11/05

No.316 Sunk at Bombay, 43/09/12

No.323 Destroyed in explosion at Bombay, 44/04/14

No.325 Sunk at Bombay, 43/09/04

No.344, 378 (total 2) Sunk at Akyab, Burma, 45/05/29

No.348 Destroyed by fire in India, 44/09/15

No.360, 367 (total 2) Lost during exercises at Mandapam, India. Date reported, 44/04

No.540, 760 (total 2) Lost overseas, presumed during 1944, 44/

No.541 Lost off Isle of Wight, S England. Date given as 28th-29th, 44/02/29

No.764 Lost in Home Waters, 45/03/18

Landing craft personnel (MkII) LCP (3.8 tons)

No.1110, 1121 (total 2) Lost in Aegean operations, 45/05

No.1113 Damaged in gale at Maddalena, Sardinia and written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing craft personnel (Ramped) LCP(R) (9-11 tons)

No.578 Lost at Inveraray, W Scotland, 42/12/13

No.584 Sunk in Home Waters, 44/05

No.603, 620, 629, 721, 783, 794, 837, 850, 858, 901,909, 1009, 1029, 1036 (total 14) Lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa. Date approximate, 42/11

No.613, 661, 1035 (total 3, Lost overboard from "Hilary", 43/12/22

No.614, 634, 663, 824, 844, 912. 913, 995 (total 8) Lost overseas. Date reported, 44/05

No.616 Broke adrift and badly holed in Home Waters, 44/01/22

No.617 Sunk in Home Waters, 42/09/15

No.622 Sunk in Home Waters, 42/09/24

No.640, 735, 978, 982, 987, 989, 991, 993, 1023 (total 9) Lost overseas, presumed during 1944, 44/

No.643 Lost at Naples, Italy. Date approximate, 44/05

No.652, 669 (total 2) Lost in Home Waters, presumed during 1944, 44/

No.673, 680, 684, 685, 689, 692, 693, 727 (total 8) Lost in "Marietta E", sunk by U-boat in convoy, Indian Ocean, 43/03/04

No.683 Lost in action off coast of France. Date reported, 44/07

No.707 Lost by enemy action in Home Waters, 45/02/22

No.723 Lost in Mediterranean Date reported, 44/06

No.738 Lost during storm in Mediterranean, 45/04/09

No.753, 771, 795 (total 3) Lost during beaching exercises in Home Waters, 43/12/19

No.769 Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 43/06

No.780, 782 (total 2) Lost in "Sembilan". Sunk by U-boat, Indian Ocean, 43/04/17

No.781 Lost in collision, Home Waters, 44/02/14

No.805, 806 (total 2) Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/11

No.832 Lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported, 45/06

No.840 Lost by enemy action in Home Waters, 45/03/28

No.854 Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/06

No.866 Destroyed by fire at Bombay, 44/04/14

No.867 Wrecked at Mandapam, S India across from Ceylon, 44/06

No.879 Wrecked at Bombay, 43/09/12

No.894, 896 (total 2) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.895 Damaged and sunk, Portsmouth area, S England, 44/06

No.905 Lost in bad weather in Home Waters, 44/06/19

No.965 Lost in tow in Mediterranean. Date reported, 45/07

No.966 Damaged en route to Anzio, W Italy. Date reported, 44/06

No.970 Lost in Home Waters. Date reported, 44/06

No.971 Lost in collision in Home Waters, 44/07/28

No.979 Lost when in use as ship's boat in Eastern Theatre, 45/03/05

No.999 Sunk in gale in Home Waters, 44/09/26

No.1008 Damaged and sunk in heavy weather in Home Waters, 42/08

No.1011 Lost in collision in Home Waters, 44/10/21

No.1012 Sunk in collision in Home Waters, 42/08

No.1018 Lost in Scheldt area, Holland, 45/01/26

No.1019 Sunk during heavy weather in Salerno Bay, Italy, 43/09/28

No.1026 Sunk in Mediterranean, 44/03/23

Landing craft personnel (Survey) LCP(Survey) (9 tons)

No.154 Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/07

LCV and LCV(P), Landing Craft Vehicle (and Personnel) ? able to carry 36 troops or 3t vehicle

Landing craft vehicle LCV (10-11 tons)

No.579 Lost at Inverary, W Scotland, 42/12/13

No.584 Sunk off Inellan, W Scotland, 43/03/15

No.597 Lost in Home Waters, 42/09/12

No.719 Cause and place unknown, 44/06

No.752, 754 (total 2) Lost in "Fidelity", sunk N Atlantic, 42/12/30

No.798 Lost in Home Waters, 42/09/25

No.801 Broke adrift and holed, Portsmouth area, S England, 44/10/18

No.802 Lost in tow in Home Waters, 45/08/02

No.814 Lost in Home Waters, 45/01/30

No.825 Blew up during exercise off W Scotland. Date given as 21st-22nd, 43/05/22

No.894 Lost on service with Royal Army Service Corps, CTC, Rothesay, Scotland. Date reported, 44/02

Landing craft vehicle (Personnel) LCV(P) (10.5-13.5 tons)

No.1016, 1029, 1031, 1033, 1044-1046, 1049,1054, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1084, 1088, 1093, 1098, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1111, 1114, 1117, 1120-1122, 1124, 1129, 1132, 1133, 1139, 1146, 1153, 1155, 1157, 1159, 1165, 1170-1172, 1184, 1188, 1201, 1204, 1211, 1216, 1218, 1242, 1245, 1246, 1248, 1249, 1251, 1255, 1260, 1262, 1264 (total 57), 44/06 Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France. Date approximate, 44/06

No.1040 Capsized off Newhaven, S England after engine room flooding, 43/11/01

No.1066 Lost during exercises, Richborough area, Kent, SE England, 44/02

No.1103 Abandoned at Chichester, S England, 44/11/20

No.1129 Sank, Portsmouth area, S England, 44/11/25

No.1167 Lost, Channel Islands, English Channel, 45/07/15

No.1191 Cause and place unknown, 45/01

No.1228 Lost in Home Waters, 44/11/27

No.1288 Lost in Home Waters, 44/07/13

No.1358 Lost by stranding, E Mediterranean, 45/04

LCM, Landing Craft Mechanised (30-37 tons) ? able to carry one 16t-40t tank or 60-100 troops

Landing craft mechanised (MkI) LCM

No.1 Sunk in home waters, 41/

No.10, 11, 14, 15, 18-20 (total 7) Presumed lost during operations at Narvik, Norway between 6th and 27th, 40/05/27

No.12, 22 (total 2) Abandoned at Dunkirk, 40/06/02

No.17 Abandoned at Dunkirk, 40/06/03

No.23-25, 34, 45 (total 5) Lost in Middle East, 42/08

No.26 Sunk in Mediterranean, off Libya, 43/01/02

No.31 Lost in Home Waters. Date reported, 42/10

No.32, 55, 67, 95, 96, 103, 107, 108 (total 8) Lost in Middle East. Date reported, 41/08

No.33 Damaged beyond repair in Home Waters, 43/12/20

No.38 Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 42/04

No.46 Capsized and sank, E. Indies, 42/05/05

No.51, 53 (total 2) Lost in Middle East, 42/03

No.56 Lost in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 42/08/19

No.58 Sunk in Mediterranean, off Libya, 43/01/25

No.61 Sunk in Benghazi Harbour through heavy weather, 43/02/08

No.63-65, 69, 72, 73, 190, 147, 153, 161, 169, 186 (total 12) Lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa, 42/11

No.76, Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/03

No.80 Stranded off Benghazi. Total loss, 43/02/06

No.82, 97 (total 2) Lost in Middle East, 41/08-09

No.84, 90, 93, 119, 122, 135, 137 (total 7) Lost in Middle East, 42/06

No.89 Believed lost in tow en route to Colombo, Ceylon (Shri Lanka), 42/10/22

No.91 Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/06

No.98 Lost by enemy action in Benghazi area, 42/12/06

No.106 Lost at Crete, 41/05

No.110, 113, 145, 146, 148 (total 5) Lost during fall of Tobruk, 42/06/20

No.127, 128, 165, 168, 180, 191, 203, 216, 226, 229, 231, 241, 251, 281, 316, 319, 330, 335, 337, 338, 345, 346, 348, 355, 357, 377, 382, 383, 408, 409, 419, 421, 425, 443, 444, 466 (total 36) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06-07

No.131, 182, 183, 207, 209 (total 5) Lost in E Indies. Date reported, 44/05

No.136 Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/02

No.138 Lost, English Channel, 44/07/07

No.139 Lost through heavy weather in Middle East, 42/11/20

No.140 Lost in Middle East, 42/07

No.181 Lost in Azores, Date reported, 43/11

No.192, 234, 254, 279, 282, 327, 329, 367 (total 8) Lost in Home Waters. Date reported, 44/02

No.212, 215, 218, 219, 243, 272, 277, 285, 288, 324 (total 10) Lost oveseas. Date reported, 44/05

No.232 Lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate, 43/10

No.263 Wrecked on beach, Operation Neptune, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/09/11

No.270, 339, 359, 422 (total 4) Lost from "Asa Lothrop". Date reported, 45/02

No.295 Lost overseas, 44/06

No.340, 424 (total 2) Lost overboard from "John L Manson" in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, SW England, 44/11/19

No.354, 493 (total 2) Lost in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported, 45/06

Landing craft mechanised (MkIII) LCM (52 tons)

No.501, 510, 516 (total 3) Lost in Middle East, 42/08

No.508, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532, 537, 547, 620 (total 9) Lost in "Southern Empress", torpedoed in co0nvoy, N Atlantic, 42/13/10

No.518, 520, 528, 539, 543. 551, 555, 556, 558, 564, 567, 569, 571, 572, 574, 581, 584, 590, 592, 593, 595, 596, 606, 609, 624, 635 (total 26) Lost in Operation Torch, N Africa, 42/11

No.525, 559, 591, 650, 907 (total 5) Lost overseas, presumed during 1944, 44/

No.527, 534, 540, 588, 1029, 1045, 1071, 1083, 1123, 1171, 1205 (total 11) Lost overseas. Date reported, 44/05

No.531, 535, 568, 587, 627, 628, 631, 641, 908, 929, 1053.1059,1062, 1088, 1098, 1108, 1120, 1127, 1128, 1139, 1145, 1146, 1161, 1175, 1189, 1197, 1200, 1207, 1208, 1212, 1220, 1221, 1227, 1232, 1233, 1240, 1244, 1278, 1282, 1293, 1297, 1397 (total 42) Lost in Operation Neptune, Normany Landings, N France, 44/06-07

No.545, 938, 1044 (total 3) Lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate, 43/10

No.577 Lost in Operation Overlord, Normandy Landings, N France, 44/06

No.583 Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 43/11

No.611, 613, 632-634, 636 (total 6) Lost in "Empire Tarpon", off N.W. Scotland, 42/10/14

No.618, 640 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean, 44/08/09

No.623, 910, 930, 1022, 1064, 1173, 204 (total 7) Lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate, 44/01

No.1011 Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 45/03

No.1092 Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 45/06

No.1101 (52t each) Wrecked near Aden, en route to India, 44/11/15

No.1115, 1130 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 44/06

No.1131 Lost in Arromanches Area, Normandy, 45/01/23

No.1165,1182 (total 2) Lost in Home Waters. Date approximate, 43/10

No.1185 Lost, presumed during 1945. Date reported, 45/07

No.1313, 1314, 1373, 1378 (total 4) Lost on passage from USA to India. Date reported, 44/04

No.1319,1327 (total 2) Lost on Arakan Coast, Burma, 45/04

No.1380, 1381 (total 2) Lost in Mediterranean. Date reported, 44/05


LANDING BARGES

Landing barge

BB 150 ton type

No.332, 362 (total 2) Sunk by aircraft near Salcombe, S England, 42/09/19

CC 200 ton type

No.382 Cause and place unknown, 42/09

Landing barge, emergency repair

200 ton type

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

No.12, 30, 32-34 (total 5) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

Landing barge, kitchen

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

Landing barge, oiler

150 ton type

No.4 Cause and place unknown, 44/08/17

No.10 Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

No.11, 21, 24, 26, 77, 82, 92, 95 (total 8) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

No.17 Swamped and sank in Arromanches Harbour during gale, N France, 45/01/20

No.30 Cause and place unknown, 44/08/31

No.73 Cause and place unknown, 44/08/09

200t type

No.6 Cause and place unknown, 44/06

No.13, 37, 63, 69, 88, 96 (total 6) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

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

No.53 Cause and place unknown, 44/08/09

No.87 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/11

Landing barge, vehicle (MkI)

150 ton type

No.16, 51 (total 2) Lost through stress of weather, 44/06/12

No.52 Cause and place unknown, 44/06/07

No.83 Sank in tow, 44/08/19

No.84 Cause and place unknown, 44/06/26

No.121, 175 (total 2) Cause and place unknown, 44/07/01

No.136, 149, 497 (total 3) Cause and place unknown, 44/02

No.154 Sank at moorings off Portsmouth, S England, 44/08/14

No.229, 266 (total 2) Cause and place unknown. Date reported, 44/03

No.367 Wrecked on passage Dartmouth to Portland, S England, 44/01/17

Landing barge, vehicle (MkII)

150 ton type

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

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

No.16, 20, 51 (total 3) Cause and place unknown, 44/06

No.19, 28, 116, 122 (total 4) Cause and place unknown, 44/07/29

200 ton type

No.132 Written off, 45/05/29

No.137,140,157, 170 (total 4) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

No.152 Written off. Date reported, 45/05

No.172, 176, 206, 232 (total 4) 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

150t type

No.1, 6 (total 2) Written off. Date reported, 45/06

No.7 Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

No.11 Cause and place unknown, 44/09/12

No.14 Cause and place unknown, 44/08/27

200t type

No.15 Written off charge as result of damage caused in assault area during gale, Normandy Landings. Date given as 19th-25th, 44/06/25

Ramped dumb barge

100 ton type

No.43, 65 (total 2), 44/07/01 Cause and place unknown, 44/07/01

No.83, 44/05/23 Sank on passage to Sheerness, SE England, 44/05/23

150 ton type

No.59 Sank in Edinburgh Channel, Scotland, 45/11/26

No.114 Written off. Date reported, 45/06

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