HMS Lawford (K514)
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HMS Lawford at Liverpool, 13 February 1944
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| Name: | USS Lawford (DE-516) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Navy under Lend-Lease |
 United Kingdom |
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| Name: | HMS Lawford (K514) |
| Fate: | Sunk by Aerial attack during Normandy Landings, 8 June 1944 |
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| Class & type: | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
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| Class & type: | Captain-class frigate |
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[1] 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"[2] 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.
Further consideration suggests that the term "aerial torpedo" used in the RN damage summaries was actually intended to refer to guided missiles.[2]
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See also
- List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy
- List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
- List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings
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