BATTLESHIPS SHELL NORMANDY COAST.— Three British battleships,—Rodney, Ramilles, and War spite—have been named as taking part in the bombardment o f coastal batteries and other military objectives on the French coast. Warspite and Ramilles were both completed during the last war. Ramilles visited New Zealand in January, 1940, when she escorted the First Echelon to the Middle East. Warspite is a vetern of many battles, probabley her most spectacular being her sortie into Narvik Fiord in April, 1940 to engage enemy destroyers during the campaign in Norway. This picture shows H.M.S. Ramilles anchored at Malta.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25560, 13 June 1944, Page 5
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95BATTLESHIPS SHELL NORMANDY COAST.—Three British battleships,—Rodney, Ramilles, and War spite—have been named as taking part in the bombardment of coastal batteries and other military objectives on the French coast. Warspite and Ramilles were both completed during the last war. Ramilles visited New Zealand in January, 1940, when she escorted the First Echelon to the Middle East. Warspite is a vetern of many battles, probabley her most spectacular being her sortie into Narvik Fiord in April, 1940 to engage enemy destroyers during the campaign in Norway. This picture shows H.M.S. Ramilles anchored at Malta. Otago Daily Times, Issue 25560, 13 June 1944, Page 5
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