SS Leopoldville

194455 mTroopship

LocationEnglish Channel

Year1944

Depth55 m

Size11,500 GRT

TypeTroopship

About SS Leopoldville

Torpedoed by U-486 on Christmas Eve while carrying US troops to the Battle of the Bulge. 763 soldiers died. Confusion left many aboard not knowing the ship was sinking. The story was suppressed until the 1990s.

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