ROYAL NAVY SINKS 7 ENEMY SHIPS OFF ST NAZAIRE. 7 AUGUST 1944, ON BOARD HMS BELLONA AFTER HER RETURN TO PLYMOUTH. ON 6 AUGUST 1944 SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY ENCOUNTERED SEVEN ENEMY SHIPS NEAR ST NAZAIRE. ALL SEVEN WERE ENGAGED, ALL SEVEN WERE SET ABLAZE AND SUNK. BRITISH SHIPS WHICH TOOK PART IN THE ACTION WERE THE CRUISER HMS BELLONA AND THE TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS: HMS HAIDA, TARTAR, ASHANTI, AND IROQUOIS. - The guns of HMS BELLONA played a large part in the action. Members of the crew clear the decks of spent shell cases

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