File:HMS Kite depth charge attack 1944 IWM A 21989.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionHMS Kite depth charge attack 1944 IWM A 21989.jpg | IWM caption : HMS Kite (U87) 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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between 26 January 1944 and 26 February 1944 date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1944-01-26T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1944-02-26T00:00:00Z/11 |
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creator QS:P170,Q110967291 , Royal Navy official photographer |
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01:52, 14 February 2010 | 300 × 232 (8 KB) | Rcbutcher (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=IWM caption : HMS KITE ON AN ANTI SUBMARINE PATROL WITH SECOND 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' |
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