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Sunk on Christmas Eve: Directed by Bill Jardine. With Clive Cussler, James Delgado, Richard Donat. In 1944, the troopship SS Leopoldville steamed toward France from England with 2,235 Allied soldiers on board when a torpedo ripped into the side of the ship.
- Bill Jardine
- Clive Cussler, James Delgado, Richard Donat
Sunk on Christmas Eve (TV Movie 2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The documentary that was produced, Deep Wreck Mysteries…Sunk on Christmas Eve, originally aired on the National Geographic Channel during February/2009 and is re-aired periodically. All of the photos on this page are courtesy of Wayne Abbott and there use is greatly appreciated and acknowledged.
SS Léopoldville was a 11,509 GRT passenger liner of the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. She was converted for use as a troopship in the Second World War, and on December 24, 1944, while sailing between Southampton and Cherbourg, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-486.
24 dic 2022 · A Christmas Eve Disaster occurred on December 24th, 1944- SS ' Léopoldville' is torpedoed off France, and 763 American soldiers from the 66th Infantry Division perish.
On Christmas Eve 1944, one of their troopships the SS Leopoldville, a Belgium passenger ship converted into a transport, was crossing the English Channel and was hit and sunk by a German U-Boat. They were on our way to replace the troops at the Battle of the Bulge.
On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France.
