Banff-class sloop
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The Banff-class sloop was a group of ten warships of the Royal Navy. Built as United States Coast Guard Lake-class cutters, in 1941 these ships were loaned to the Royal Navy as antisubmarine warfare escort ships. The transfers took place at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the sloops were manned for transport to Britain by personnel from the damaged battleship Malaya which was under repair there.
Banff-class sloop
HMS Malaya
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HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland of the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. In the Second World War, Malaya served mostly in escort duties in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. She was withdrawn from service at the end of 1944, and sold for scrap in 1948.
Malaya about 1919–1921
15-inch guns of 'A' and 'B' turrets trained to starboard, 6-inch guns in casemates below, c. 1920
Malaya departing New York after repairs, 9 July 1941
Armour-piercing shell – with cap (left) fired on 9 February 1941 into the nave of Genoa Cathedral