FIGHTING FRENCH CORVETTE SINKS 2 U-BOATS. 14 MARCH 1943, GREENOCK, THE FIGHTING FRENCH CORVETTE ACONIT SANK TWO U-BOATS BY GUNFIRE AND RAMMING WHILE ESCORTING AN ATLANTIC CONVOY THROUGH U-BOAT PACK ON 10 MARCH 1943. THE SECOND SUBMARINE HAD JUST TORPEDOED THE BRITISH DESTROYER HMS HARVESTER. THE ACONIT STEAMED TO A BRITISH PORT WITH SURVIVORS FROM THE HARVESTER AND A MERCHANTMAN, AND PRISONERS FROM THE TWO U-BOATS. - Survivors of the British Destroyer HMS HARVESTER fraternising with the crew of FFS ACONIT after the French corvette had avenged them by sinking two U-boats. The survivors are wear
FIGHTING FRENCH CORVETTE SINKS 2 U-BOATS. 14 MARCH 1943, GREENOCK, THE FIGHTING FRENCH CORVETTE ACONIT SANK TWO U-BOATS BY GUNFIRE AND RAMMING WHILE ESCORTING AN ATLANTIC CONVOY THROUGH U-BOAT PACK ON 10 MARCH 1943. THE SECOND SUBMARINE HAD JUST TORPEDOED THE BRITISH DESTROYER HMS HARVESTER. THE ACONIT STEAMED TO A BRITISH PORT WITH SURVIVORS FROM THE HARVESTER AND A MERCHANTMAN, AND PRISONERS FROM THE TWO U-BOATS. - Survivors of the British Destroyer HMS HARVESTER fraternising with the crew of FFS ACONIT after the French corvette had avenged them by sinking two U-boats. The survivors are wearing the ACONIT's badge and the cat is one of the ACONIT's three mascots - 2 cats and a dog
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