THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - Salerno, 9 September 1943 (Operation Avalanche): During Operation AVALANCHE, a night photograph taken from the battleship WARSPITE during the landings, showing the effect of anti-aircraft fire from Allied warships in response to low level German aerial torpedo attack. It lasted for two hours and the destroyer INGLEFIELD shot down one of the raiders. WARSPITE successfully dodged two torpedos Royal Navy, WARSPITE (HMS), battleship

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