Jack Broome
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Captain John Egerton Broome DSC, also known as Jackie Broome, was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars. He commanded the escort group of the ill-fated Arctic Convoy PQ 17 in 1942. After
Broome on the bridge of HMS Begum in 1944
Home Fleet
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The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967, it was merged with the Mediterranean Fleet creatin
Jack Broome
…and surface ships, including the powerful battleship Tirpitz. A squadron of British and American cruisers was assigned to protect the convoy, and the Home Fleet, with its battleships and aircraft carriers was at sea, but distant. On 4 July 1942, PQ 17 was attacked several times by torpedo-carrying German aircraft…
HMS Neptune leading the Home Fleet before the First World War
King George VI visiting the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in March 1943