File:HMS Kite depth charge attack 1944 IWM A 21989.jpg
Summary
IWM caption : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kite_(U87)" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Kite (U87)">HMS Kite (U87)</a> on anti-submarine patrol with the 2nd Escort Group. HMS Kite joins in the depth charge attack and is dwarfed by the column of water which rises six-times her height. Captain Walker's 2nd Escort Group, consisted of the sloops, HMS Starling (U66), Kite, HMS Wild Goose (U45), HMS Magpie (U82) and HMS Woodpecker (U08), with the escort carriers HMS Activity (D94) and HMS Nairana (D05). In January 1944 it left from Liverpool with orders to protect convoys and intercept U-Boats in the Atlantic just southwest of Ireland. By their return in February 1944 they had managed to sink 6 U-boats.
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| current | 07:13, 8 January 2017 | | 800 × 599 (39 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>IWM caption : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kite_(U87)" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Kite (U87)">HMS <i>Kite</i> (U87)</a> on anti-submarine patrol with the 2nd Escort Group. HMS <i>Kite</i> joins in the depth charge attack and is dwarfed by the column of water which rises six-times her height. Captain Walker's 2nd Escort Group, consisted of the sloops, HMS <i>Starling</i> (U66), <i>Kite</i>, HMS <i>Wild Goose</i> (U45), HMS <i>Magpie</i> (U82) and HMS <i>Woodpecker</i> (U08), with the escort carriers HMS <i>Activity</i> (D94) and HMS <i>Nairana</i> (D05). In January 1944 it left from Liverpool with orders to protect convoys and intercept U-Boats in the Atlantic just southwest of Ireland. By their return in February 1944 they had managed to sink 6 U-boats. </p> |
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