She was sunk by a German torpedo attack in April 1944 during Exercise Tiger.

Before this, she had been involved in Exercise Tiger, a disastrous attempt to rehearse the landings.

Also, the 1,000 casualties during Exercise Tiger, a practice run for the Utah assault, could also be considered part of the price for D-Day.

Several changes resulted from mistakes made in Exercise Tiger:

At the end of April, the entire VII Corps participated in Exercise Tiger.

Preparations were disrupted, and secrecy nearly compromised, by a devastating E-boat attack during Exercise Tiger.

Strete was one of the parishes evacuated in 1943-4 as part of Exercise Tiger.

The nearby beach, known as Slapton Sands, was in 1944 part of the site of the ill-fated Exercise Tiger.

Part of Exercise Fabius took place a week after Exercise Tiger on Slapton Sands.

(The other was Exercise Tiger, which had occurred a week earlier.)