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GAINS V.C. FOR BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER DARING SUBMARINE ATTACK. ON SHIPPING IN DEFENDED ENEMY HARBOUR. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.20 a.m.) RUGBY, July 7. A daring and successful raid on shipping in a defended enemy harbour gains the V.C. for Commander A. C. C. Miers. The raid was planned with a full knowledge of the great hazards to be expected during seventeen hours in waters closely patrolled by the enemy. On arriving in the harbour Commander Miers, who was commanding the submarine Torbay, had to charge his batteries while lying on the surface, in full moonlight, under the enemy’s guns. As he could not see his target, states an official account, he waited several hours and attacked jn full daylight in a glassy calm and when he had fired his torpedoes 'was heavily counter-attacked and had to withdraw through a long channel, with antisubmarine craft all round and continuous air patrols overhead.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1942, Page 3
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