HM LST-420
ROYAL NAVY TANK LANDING SHIP OF WORLD WAR II
The LST-420 disaster; HMS LST-420; USS LST-420
LST-420 was a Royal Navy tank landing ship of World War II, built as a (LST Mk 2) in the US that was transferred to UK. She was lost on 7 November 1944, after hitting a mine in heavy seas off Ostend, Belgium, sinking with great loss of life, particularly amongst her Royal Air Force passengers.