Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 80 |
Built by | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co. (Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 16 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 18 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 Jul 1943 |
Lost | 20 Mar 1945 |
History | HMS LST 80 (T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Arthur Smyth, RNR) was mined and sunk off Ostend, Belgium. |
Former name | USS LST 80 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 80 (LST 80)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A/Lt.Cdr. (retired) Claude Burnaby Onslow Shorter, RNR | 14 Oct 1943 | 18 Mar 1944 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alfred George Palmer, RNR | 18 Mar 1944 | 8 Apr 1944 |
3 | T/Lt. Thomas Herbert Lowe, RNR | Aug 1944 | Aug 1944 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Arthur Smyth, RNR | Aug 1944 | 20 Mar 1945 (+) |
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