HMS Lawford (K514)

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HMS Lawford at Liverpool, 13 February 1944
History
United States
NameUSS Lawford (DE-516)
FateTransferred to Royal Navy under Lend-Lease
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lawford (K514)
Launched13 August 1943
FateSunk by Aerial attack during
Normandy Landings
, 8 June 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeEvarts-class destroyer escort (modified to HQ vessel)
Displacement1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
  • Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines
  • GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW)
  • GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
  • Two shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Range5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement156
Sensors and
processing systems
  • SA & SL type radars
  • Type 144 series Asdic
  • MF Direction Finding antenna
  • HF Direction Finding
    Type FH 4 antenna
Armament

HMS Lawford (K514) was a

Hs-293 or (less likely) a Fritz X
.

Further consideration suggests that the term "aerial torpedo" used in the RN damage summaries was actually intended to refer to guided missiles.[2]

The wreck lies in 21 metres of water at 49°25′43″N 00°23′47″W / 49.42861°N 0.39639°W / 49.42861; -0.39639.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780850526158
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  2. ^ a b "Channel4.com - Wreck Detectives - The wrecks - HMS Lawford - Introduction". Channel 4. Retrieved 23 February 2008.


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