HMS Douglas
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HMS Douglas was an Admiralty type flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird, Douglas commissioned in 1918, just before the end of the First World War. During the Second World W
HMS Douglas WWI IWM SP 51
Douglas after conversion to a short range escort
Convoy Faith
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Convoy Faith was a small, fast Allied convoy of World War II. It suffered heavy casualties when attacked by German long-range bombers while en route from Britain to West Africa in July 1943. The convo
HMS Douglas
…U-172 on 13 November south-east of Durban. On 11 July 1943, Douglas, together with the destroyer HMCS Iroquois and the frigate Moyola, were escorting a convoy consisting of the troopships California and Duchess of York and the munitions ship Port Fairy, when the convoy was attacked by three Focke-Wulf Fw 200…
A Fw 200 C-4 Condor in 1942. Aircraft of this model attacked Convoy Faith
California during her service as an AMC during the first years of the war
SS Duchess of York
HMS Swale