Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 362 |
Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 10 Aug 1942 |
Launched | 10 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 Nov 1942 |
Lost | 2 Mar 1944 |
Loss position | 48° 00'N, 17° 23'W |
History | At 0250hrs on 2 March 1944 the German U-boat U-744 torpedoes and sinks HMS LST 362 detached from the combined convoy MKS-40/SL-149 in the North Atlantic about 370 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear in position 48º00'N, 17º23'W. Hit by U-boat |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS LST 362 |
Former name | USS LST 362 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 362 (LST 362)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Reginald Harry Andrew Clark, RD, RNR | Jun 1943 | 2 Mar 1944 |
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