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A ROYAL NAVY HUNT CLASS TYPE III ESCORT DESTROYER (IN THE BACKGROUND) DROPS DEPTH CHARGES IN A COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST A GERMAN SUBMARINE WHICH HAS ATTACKED AN ALLIED CONVOY. THE CONVOY IS APPROACHING ALGIERS TO SUPPLY THE ALLIED LANDING IN NORTH WEST AFRICA.
THE RAN DESTROYER HMAS QUIBERON DROPS DEPTH CHARGES IN A COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST A GERMAN SUBMARINE WHICH HAS ATTACKED AN ALLIED CONVOY. THE CONVOY IS APPROACHING ALGIERS TO SUPPLY THE ALLIED LANDINGS
North Africa. 1942-11. Part of a convoy of ships approaching Algiers for the Allied landing, as seen from an escorting RAN destroyer.
CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY. 1943-07-17. A BRITISH DESTROYER DROPS DEPTH CHARGES ON A SUSPECTED ENEMY SUBMARINE.
Members of the crew of HMAS Doomba with fish taken on board killed or stunned after a depth charge attack. HMAS Doomba in her role as escort and anti-submarine vessel would sweep the harbour approache
North Africa. c. 1943. Ground crew members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF, loading one of the squadron's Vickers Wellington aircraft with depth charges prior to a submarine hunt in the Mediterranean.
North Africa. c. 1943. Ground crew members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF, loading one of the squadron's Vickers Wellington aircraft with depth charges prior to a submarine hunt in the Mediterranean.
