The LST 507 (Wreck)
United Kingdom /
England /
Bridport /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Bridport
Second World War 1939-1945, shipwreck, interesting place, invisible
2366-ton US tank-landing ship, built 1943. 328ft x 50ft. Cargo: 16 Army trucks and landing craft on deck; 22 amphibious DUKWs in hold. Position: 50 27.15N; 02 43.55W. Depth: 50m.
Sunk: 28 April, 1944, when taking part in Slapton Sands "Exercise Tiger" practice for Normandy invasion landing on Utah Beach. Torpedoed by 40-knot German E-boats based in Cherbourg, 202 US servicemen killed. Total US casualties in Exercise Tiger: 638.
Diving: Bow almost completely capsized with entry ramp open to west. Stern lies 200m to south-east upside-down, showing twin four-bladed props and beach-landing skegs. Poking out from under stern is a crushed infantry landing craft. This is a war grave, so dive accordingly.
Launch: Lyme Regis; Weymouth.
Sunk: 28 April, 1944, when taking part in Slapton Sands "Exercise Tiger" practice for Normandy invasion landing on Utah Beach. Torpedoed by 40-knot German E-boats based in Cherbourg, 202 US servicemen killed. Total US casualties in Exercise Tiger: 638.
Diving: Bow almost completely capsized with entry ramp open to west. Stern lies 200m to south-east upside-down, showing twin four-bladed props and beach-landing skegs. Poking out from under stern is a crushed infantry landing craft. This is a war grave, so dive accordingly.
Launch: Lyme Regis; Weymouth.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°27'16"N 2°43'32"W
- Chesil Beach 24 km
- Niton & Whitwell Parish 102 km
- Valognes 134 km
- Selsey 139 km
- Utah Beach 154 km
- Coutances 177 km
- Jump-Off point for Operation Cobra 179 km
- Bayeux 193 km
- Cabourg 225 km
- Gonneville-sur-Mer 229 km
- Dorset 48 km