Destroyers Sink Two Enemy Supply Ships Off Brittany. 29 April 1943, Devonport, Hm Destroyers Goathland and Albrighton Carried Out a Surprise Night Action Against a Strongly Escorted German Convoy Off the North A16191
Summary
Destroyers Sink Two Enemy Supply Ships Off Brittany. 29 April 1943, Devonport, Hm Destroyers Goathland and Albrighton Carried Out a Surprise Night Action Against a Strongly Escorted German Convoy Off the North Coast of Brittany, on 27 April. Two Enemy Supply Ships Were Torpedoed and Heavily Hit by Gunfire, Both Are Believed Sunk. in Addition Hits With Gunfire Were Made on Two of the Enemy Escorts Which Burst Into Flames and Almost Certainly Sank. An E Boat Was Also Hit and Blew Up.
Left to right: Chief Stoker A E Riggs of Plymouth, A/B Turner of Bristol, and Stoker L Sherrington, of Manchester, all belonging to HMS ALBRIGHTON.
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Date
1943
Source
Imperial War Museums
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Public Domain