French corvette Aconit
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Aconit was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. During World War II, she escorted 116 convoys, spending 728 days at sea. She was awarded the C
Aconit in 1942 paint
Aconit returning to Greenock 14 March 1943. She sank two U-boats by gunfire and ramming while escorting an Atlantic convoy through a U-boat pack on 10 March 1943
Two German prisoners from one of the U-boats sunk by the French corvette Aconit on 14 March 1943.
HMS Harvester (H19)
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HMS Harvester was an H-class destroyer originally ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name Jurua in the late 1930s, but bought by the Royal Navy after the beginning of World War II in September 193
French corvette Aconit
…ship had been hit and on a second ship SS Andrea F. Luckenbach, men were taking to the boats. In response the escort leader, Havant-class destroyer HMS Harvester, hunted U-444 by sweeping through the lumbering convoy. A corvette was detailed to rescue survivors as the underwater search went on. Hours passed as…
HMS Harvester after 1942 conversion to escort destroyer