Ship Event
Sunday, December 24, 1944 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
LEOPOLDVILLE (1929-1939 Passenger Liner 479 feet long of Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, Antwerp then 1939-1944 Troopship of War Transport, London) |
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Troopship LEOPOLDVILLE torpedoed near Cherbourg and sinks with loss of 802 lives |
| Ship's location | Near Cherbourg (France) | Port of Registry | Antwerp (Belgium) |
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| Ships agent | Ministry of War Transport, London | Net Tonnage | 6,941 |
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| | Gross Tonnage | 11,509 |
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