Landing Craft LCT(A) 2428 Tanks & Bulldozer assemblage

For the Normandy landings LCT(A)-2428 was to lead the 105th LCT(A) Flotilla Assault Group J1 Support Squadron assigned to Juno Beach. On the evening of 5 June 1944 en-route for Normandy her engine failed but when under tow by the tug Jaunty she capsized and the two Centaur CS Mk.IV Tanks and two converted armoured Bulldozers were lost. The capsized LCT-2428 was fired upon by the Royal Navy until she sank and now lies about four miles to the east of the Tanks and Bulldozers. They lie on the seabed in much the same configuration as they were loaded.

The HWTMA Landing Craft Project is funded by English Heritage through the Historic Environment Enabling Program. The project will enable collaborative work between the HWTMA and Southsea Sub-Aqua Club (SSAC) to survey and record the remains of LCT(A) 2428 and her cargo.

The assemblage of tanks and bulldozers lie in 20m of water.

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