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Loss
Date 15 July 1941
Event ID 574579
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/574579
(Classified as LSI(S) [Landing Ship, Infantry, Small]).
Displacement: 2938grt.
Dimensions: 360ft [109.8m] between perpendiculars, 370ft [112.8m] overall x 46ft [14m] x 13.75ft [4.2m]
Machinery: 2-shaft diesel motors (17000bhp) = 23 kts
Armament: 2x12 pdr AA (2x1), 2x2pdr AA (2x1), 6x20mm AA (6x1) guns
Complement: 200
Pendant no. 4.35.
Prince Phillipe: this vessel was built by Cockerill [Hoboken] 29 September 1939, and converted in 1941 to carry 250 troops and eight LCA's [Landing Craft Assault]. She was lost on 15 July 1941.
H T Lenton and J J Colledge 1968.
(Classified as Landing Ship: date of loss cited as 15 July 1941). [HMS] Prince Philippe: this vessel was in collision and sank 8 miles NW of Corsewall Point (Empire Wave).
Registration: Belgian. Built 1939. 2938grt. Length: 107m. Beam: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 4.37 W5 21.22).
I G Whittaker 1998.
