Black May (77 page)

Three crewmen sleep and two work in a U-boat’s forward torpedo room.
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A convoy at sea, as seen from an RAF Coastal Command aircraft.
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A pre-sailing convoy conference. The Convoy Commodore briefs the ship Masters.
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The British freighter
Clan Macpherson,
6,940 GRT, one of seven ships sunk by Kptlt. Werner Henke on the night of 30 April/1 May.
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The American S.S.
West Madaket,
a straggler from Convoy ONS.5, was torpedoed by U
-584
and finished off by H.M.S.
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H.M.S.
Tay. Imperial War Museum

H.M.S.
Duncan. Imperial War Museum

H.M.S.
Snowflake. Imperial War Museum

Commander Peter W. Gretton, R.N., Senior Officer, Escort Group B7, is shown at center flanked by two of his captains, Lt. Raymond S. Hart, R.N., of H.M.S.
Vidette (left)
and Lt. Cmdr. J. Plomer, R.C.N.V.R., of H.M.S.
Sunflower (right). Imperial War Museum

Lt. Robert Atkinson, R.N.R., captain of H.M.S.
Pink. Sir Robert Atkinson

Lt. Harold G. Chesterman, R.N.R., captain of H.M.S.
Snowflake. Imperial War Museum

Crew members of the “chummy” corvettes H.M.S.
Snowflake (left)
and H.M.S.
Sunflower (right)
exchange friendly banter in port.
Imperial War Museum

Admiral Sir Max Horton, Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, standing in front of the wall plot at Derby House, Liverpool.
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