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'L.S.T. 417', 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two (1939-1945), 1943.

HMS LST 417 was a Mark 2 tank landing ship built in the United States for the Royal Navy and launched in November 1942. She was used to transport British armour to Sicily during Operation HUSKY (9 July-17 August 1943), but was damaged during an air raid in September of that year.

From an album containing 241 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943-1944.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-13-51

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-13-51