LCS(L) gunboats

Discussion in 'The War at Sea' started by Warlord, Sep 9, 2013.

  1. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Perhaps ??

    UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972
    Name: J Gaffney
    Medal or Award: Reserve Long Service Medal
    Service Year: 1938-1949

    TD
     

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  2. allanh53

    allanh53 1st Airlanding anti-tank battery royal artillery

    nice one TD could possibly be
     
  3. nemo120

    nemo120 Member

  4. nemo

    Thanks, but... this pic was posted by Arty back in 2013 in Post #12 in this very thread:
    LCS(L) gunboats

    Michel
     
  5. nemo120

    nemo120 Member

    Oops! my bad. Haven't looked at the thread in a long while... seems the IWM has been wrung dry as a source of information for the LCS(L)s, although I've been in touch with them and they should hopefully digitise the oral history by William Herbert Cheeney of LCS(L) 257 soon.
    Cheeney, William Herbert (Oral history)
     
  6. Arty

    Arty Member

    Doesn't time fly....

    Yep, if you look real closely you'll see that these three craft are indeed all LCS(L) Mk2 (the distinguishing feature being the Valentine turret). These are, in fact, all three of the LCS in Force S in one happy snap - pennant numbers 253, 256 & 260...

    Regards
    Arty
     
  7. Alan Kirk

    Alan Kirk Member

    My father was George Kirk, officer in charge of LCS(L)254. I would welcome any Dos and photos os service during 1944.My email is kirkalan48@gmail.com
     
  8. Alan Kirk

    Alan Kirk Member

     
  9. Alan Kirk

    Alan Kirk Member

    My father was George Kirk, officer on 245 and I have the picture but would welcome any other documents or pic of this ship during 1944 my email is kirkalan48@gmail.com
     
  10. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Not a good idea to make your e mail address public - can attract all sorts of bots and spammers. Better to delete it and ask people to PM you if they have anything.
     
  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Welcome Alan

    I put LCI(l) 245 into Google and saw this page. I was surprised at how clear it is when using the flickr functionality to enlarge it. Plaque can be read very clearly. I agree with Robert-w it isn't a good idea to put your email address on display. I hope you see your father in the crew.

    Royal Navy crew of Landing Craft Support (L) 254
     
  12. Dave,

    Well, you were lucky to find LCS(L) 254 when looking up LCI(L) 245 :). Or you could have read this very thread from the beginning and found this old post from 2013 :D:
    LCS(L) gunboats
     
  13. Alan Kirk

    Alan Kirk Member

    Yes I am surprised to read follow ups, Dad was on 254 and not 245!!!
    How do I delete my email?
     
  14. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Bring up your post and click on edit
     
  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Noted!!!
     
  16. Alan Kirk

    Alan Kirk Member

    Thanks for the report. I have read parts of the book and have the picture. It is one of the few pictures of his war. He refused to talk about the war only to say he lost many friends
     
  17. Patjedive

    Patjedive New Member

    Hallo, ik ben een van de duikers die de wrakken heeft gevonden in de periode 1995 tot 2022

    van lcs l 252 256 258 aan walcherse kust


    also lct 1133 lct 789 lct 839 found

    Lcg m 101 en 102 found

    Lcg l 2 gevonden naast lct 789 found


    Lci 532 found

    De lcf 37 and 38 missing

    Lcg l 1 ontbreekt

    Gr patrick sloot
     
  18. andre Ruissen

    andre Ruissen New Member

     
  19. Welcome to the forum Andre. Your post is apparently just the Google Translation into Dutch of this post. Did you have any question or info to add?
     
  20. andre Ruissen

    andre Ruissen New Member

    we are a divingteam in the Nederlands and we indentified the LCS 256 many years ago and we find also the wrecks of the lcs 252 and the lcs 258.
    All indentified bij the shipsbells.
    All off our finds are in the museum "Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland "located in Nieuwdorp Nederlands and in "het polderhuis "in Westkapelle
    The right possitions are for the LCS 256 51 29.101 N 03 27.264 E
    LCS 252 51 30.258 N 03 26.911 E
    LCS 258 51 30.157 N 03 27.073 E

    Best Regards
    Andre Ruissen
     

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