HMS Affray
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HMS Affray was a British Amphion-class submarine. Affray was built in the closing stages of the Second World War. She was one of 16 submarines of her class which were originally designed for use in th
Affray, last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea.
Affray after launching at the Cammel Laird ship yard, Birkenhead, 1944
Wreck of the Affray, as seen on the television screen on board the salvage vessel
Plaque in Gosport for the submarine Affray, 2012
Hurd's Deep
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Hurd's Deep is an underwater valley in the English Channel, northwest of the Channel Islands. Its maximum depth is about 180 m, making it the deepest point in the English Channel.
HMS Affray
…the Second World War), it was almost two months before Affray was located. On 14 June HMS Loch Fyne made the initial asdic contact on the very edge of Hurds Deep, a deep underwater valley in the English Channel, and made the first notification to the Admiralty. It was the same location where an oil slick had…
Hurd Deep running from bottom left to top right of an extract from a 1955 Admiralty Chart
1955 Admiralty Chart No 2649 showing Hurd Deep in the context of the English Channel