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s port side and the US soldiers were coming down on to our upper deck. Some men had started to jump down from a height of approximately 40 feet. Unfortunately limbs were being broken when they landed on the torpedo tubes and other fixed equipment on the starboard side of the upper deck; some men fell
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which included interviews with numerous survivors of the sinking of the ship from the 66th
Infantry Division and sailors from the US Navy who attempted to save them by pulling them out of the water. The sailors claimed that they arrived after the sinking of the ship and that most of the men who they
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was sinking. Several hundred Allied vessels in the harbor at
Cherbourg might have served as rescue craft, but all had cold engines while many of their crewmen were ashore celebrating the holiday. Allied forces enjoying their Christmas Eve dinner in Cherbourg failed to mobilize a rescue effort before
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claimed to have discovered the wreck, although French maritime officials claim the location of the shipwreck had always been marked on all maritime charts since its size and location present a potential hazard to navigation. Cussler asserts that the wreck is wrongly located, its true position being
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between the two vessels and were crushed as the two vessels crashed into each other. To avoid any further injuries, if possible, all our hammocks were brought up from our mess-decks below and laid on the starboard upper deck to cushion the fall of the soldiers as they landed."
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was 478 feet 8 inches (145.90 m) long, with a beam of 62 feet 2 inches (18.95 m). She had a depth of 35 feet 0 inches (10.67 m) and a draught of 25 feet 9.75 inches (7.8677 m). Her
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attempted radio communications, but could not communicate directly with the
Americans at Fort L'Ouest in Cherbourg because the Americans used a different radio frequency and could not read the British code.
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struck the starboard side aft and exploded in the number 4 hold, killing about three hundred men as compartments E-4, F-4 and G-4 flooded. Few US soldiers understood the abandon ship instructions given in
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went along the port side of the troopship we had put our starboard fenders over the side; the sea swell was causing a rise and fall of between 8 ft and 12 ft. The scrambling nets were hanging down the
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recruits which will receive training in Canada. The ship was not fit for North-Atlantic conditions and suffered damage in each journey.
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pulled out of the water had already frozen to death in the water by the time they arrived on the scene.
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2242:"Veterans Memorial of Titusville,Florida; Leopoldville Memorial Monument"
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was reallocated to the South-Atlantic and transferred troops between
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She had 8,458 cubic feet (239.5 m) of refrigerated cargo space.
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Belgian ocean liner converted into an Allied troop ship during WWII
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sank by the stern at 20:40. Belated efforts by ships including
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In 1997, the 66th Infantry Division Monument was dedicated in
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In 2005, a memorial was erected in Veterans Memorial Park in
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was in a diamond formation with four escorts; the destroyers
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started her career as a troop transport with three trips to
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in convoy. On 8 June she unloaded troops at the beaches in
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inches (75, 86, 123 and 175 cm) diameter by
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The Sunken Mysteries of Britain's Wartime Shipping Lanes:
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from the original on 19 December 2021 – via YouTube.
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were MLTP until 1933–34, when they were superseded by the
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To the eight hundred American men who were lost with the
2278:"S.S. Leopoldville Disaster: December 24, 1944 part III"
2268:. National Underwater and Marine Agency. Archived from
1842:"List of Vessels Fitted with Refrigerated Appliances".
1314:, arrived on 17 August and the next month she left for
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My Life in the Royal Navy During the Second World War
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in France and remained there until 30 May. When the
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102:(Later Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA),
2393:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1944
2201:De Belgische koopvaardij in de tweede wereldoorlog
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1402:is back in Glasgow for a refit in preparation for
1145:until 1936, when they were revised to 11,509
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1544:Jack Dixon was a 21-year-old seaman on board HMS
1582:It took nearly an hour for Cherbourg to realise
3076:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
2126:"Acts and resolves passed by the General Court"
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3096:World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel
1737:List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines
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2052:. National Geographic Channel. Archived from
1649:and also to those who survived the attack on
1533:came alongside the sinking ship. Soldiers on
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8:
2290:Survivors of the Leopoldville by Ray Roberts
1607:Cover Up: The Sinking of the SS Léopoldville
1980:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1275:. Her Belgian Official Number was 120. Her
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1669:to the disaster. The dedication reads:
308:25 ft 9.75 in (7.8677 m)
3091:World War II merchant ships of Belgium
2203:(in Dutch). Veurne: Drukkerij Pattyn.
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2266:"North Sea and English Channel Hunt"
3101:Maritime incidents in December 1944
316:35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
300:62 ft 2 in (18.95 m)
2162:. New York: Simon & Schuster.
1989:Naval History and Heritage Command
1159:The ship was built with two 1,019
25:
3086:Troop ships of the United Kingdom
2303:"Leopoldville Troopship Disaster"
2226:"66th Infantry Division Monument"
1945:"Deep Wreck Mysteries on History"
1653:but were later killed in action.
1425:. Between 7 June and 24 December
1165:quadruple-expansion steam engines
1098:. She was converted for use as a
1096:Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo
98:Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo
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2312:"My 7th draft H.M.S. Brilliant"
1859:– via Plimsoll Ship Data.
1831:– via Plimsoll Ship Data.
1798:– via Plimsoll Ship Data.
1605:broadcast the documentary film
2050:channel.nationalgeographic.com
1382:, transferring troops between
1267:as the fifth to bear the name
1:
1718:Fort Moore Main Post Cemetery
1537:jumped down onto the smaller
2076:"Weymouth American Memorial"
1876:Congo Belge et Ruanda-Urundi
1255:s total power to 1,197 NHP.
2286:– directed by Lawrence Bond
2230:U.S. Army Infantry Homepage
2154:Ambrose, Stephen E (1997).
1814:"Steamers and Motorships".
1781:"Steamers and Motorships".
1683:National Geographic Channel
1638:about a mile to the south.
1444:was hastily loaded for the
347:quadruple-expansion engines
156:Belgian Official Number 120
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3066:Passenger ships of Belgium
2199:Machielsen, Roger (1991).
1366:, ferrying troops for the
1288:German invasion of Belgium
378:360 passengers (peacetime)
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1503:, and another troopship,
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1372:Allied invasion of Sicily
1324:Saint John, New Brunswick
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2184:. London: Pocket Books.
1851:. Lloyd's Register. 1931
1598:rescued some survivors.
1265:Compagnie Maritime Belge
1242:double-reduction gearing
2280:. The History Channel.
2046:"Sunk on Christmas Eve"
1713:in the United Kingdom.
1697:Massachusetts Governor
1094:passenger liner of the
368:16 knots (30 km/h)
253:General characteristics
3071:Ships built in Belgium
2080:www.uswarmemorials.org
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1625:Discovery of the wreck
1450:66th Infantry Division
1429:made 24 trips between
1368:North African campaign
1358:was operating between
1298:. She was diverted to
1263:She was built for the
1116:German submarine
384:5,000 troops (wartime)
238:Torpedoed and sunk by
18:SS Léopoldville (1929)
3081:Steamships of Belgium
1720:in the U.S. state of
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333:1,197 NHP 1936 onward
2768:Benjamin Ide Wheeler
2349:49.76583°N 1.60556°W
2272:on 28 December 2003.
1922:. Guðmundur Helgason
1870:Stockmans, Charles.
1398:and Suez. End April
358:2 × screw propellers
2345: /
2252:on 7 September 2006
1955:on 16 December 2014
1912:"The Sinking of SS
1658:Titusville, Florida
1446:Battle of the Bulge
1374:. Until April 1944
1294:was returning from
477:Blockade of Germany
2645:Schleswig-Holstein
2354:49.76583; -1.60556
2295:2000-10-01 at the
2101:"SS Leopoldville "
2056:on 5 February 2009
1891:, p. 398-399.
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1454:United States Army
1404:Operation Overlord
1090:was a 11,509
248:, 24 December 1944
198:ONLB (1934 onward)
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2236:on 26 April 2003.
1500:Croix de Lorraine
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1125:Description
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1026:Capture of
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738:Connecticut
553:Nordseetour
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3056:1928 ships
3050:Categories
2795:John Burke
2730:HMCS
2400:Shipwrecks
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1959:17 January
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1827:24 October
1794:24 October
1743:References
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1419:Portsmouth
1300:La Pallice
694:Postmaster
626:Rheinübung
340:Propulsion
330:until 1935
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1975:"Waverly"
1920:uboat.net
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1705:s sinking
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923:Black May
826:SG 6/LN 6
482:Gibraltar
460:Caribbean
282:(1937–44)
271:(1919–37)
246:Cherbourg
196:call sign
143:Completed
130:, Antwerp
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1312:New York
1135:tonnages
1057:Teardrop
1016:Lyme Bay
727:27 March
638:Bismarck
450:Americas
373:Capacity
135:Launched
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1722:Georgia
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1524:Flemish
1487:Anthony
1462:Flemish
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1437:Sinking
1392:Augusta
1364:Algiers
1360:Glasgow
1348:Mombasa
1259:Service
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610:4 April
398:gunners
305:Draught
258:Tonnage
128:Hoboken
120:Builder
115:Antwerp
104:Antwerp
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2860:U-400
2854:U-196
2848:Ha-83
2811:U-322
2801:U-735
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2749:Capel
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2680:U-737
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2582:U-365
2554:U-416
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2186:ISBN
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