HMS Lawford (K514)
HMS Lawford (K514) was a Royal Navy converted Captain class frigate (pennant DE-516), built in the US in 1944. She was converted into an HQ ship for the Normandy landings. On 8 June 1944, whilst operating off Juno Beach, she was hit by enemy fire during an air attack and sunk. Thirty-seven of her crew died. The Royal Navy's damage summary report states that the ship was hit by an "aerial torpedo", which has been taken to mean a torpedo dropped from an aircraft. However, a survey of the ship undertaken as part of the Channel 4 TV series "Wreck Detectives" found evidence that the vessel was broken up and sunk by an internal explosion, indicating a hit from one or more bombs or from an early guided missile such as an Hs-293 or (less likely) a Fritz X. The ship was sunk by KG 100.
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HMS Lawford (K514)
HMS Lawford (K514) was a Royal Navy converted Captain class frigate (pennant DE-516), built in the US in 1944. She was converted into an HQ ship for the Normandy landings. On 8 June 1944, whilst operating off Juno Beach, she was hit by enemy fire during an air attack and sunk. Thirty-seven of her crew died. The Royal Navy's damage summary report states that the ship was hit by an "aerial torpedo", which has been taken to mean a torpedo dropped from an aircraft. However, a survey of the ship undertaken as part of the Channel 4 TV series "Wreck Detectives" found evidence that the vessel was broken up and sunk by an internal explosion, indicating a hit from one or more bombs or from an early guided missile such as an Hs-293 or (less likely) a Fritz X. The ship was sunk by KG 100.
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HMS Lawford (K514) was a Royal ...... 47″W / 49.42861°N 0.39639°W.
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Sunk by Aerial attack duringNormandy Landings, 8 June 1944
Transferred toRoyal NavyunderLend-Lease
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*3 × /50 Mk.22 guns
*1 × twin ...... harges
*QF 2-pounder naval gun
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Transferred to Royal Navy under Lend-Lease
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HMS Lawford
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USS Lawford
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*Four General Motors 278A 16-c ...... ectric motors for
*Two shafts
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*SA & SL type radars
*Type 144 ...... tion Finding Type FH 4 antenna
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HMS Lawford (K514) was a Royal ...... . The ship was sunk by KG 100.
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HMS Lawford (K514)
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HMS Lawford (K514)
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USS Lawford (DE-516)
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