LIGHT NAVAL FORCES
Clash With Nazi Flotilla (8.0.W.) RUGBY, July 11. An Admiralty communique states: “At 3 a.m. today light forces of the Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy under the command of Lieutenant G. E. C. T. Maines, R.N., encountered an enemy force of three torpedo boats with an escort of R-boats about 45 miles north-east of Ushant. One enemy torpedo boat was severely damaged and was probably sunk and one R-boat was probably destroyed. All the ships of the Allied force returned safely. There were a small number of casualties.
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Southland Times, Issue 25704, 13 July 1943, Page 5
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