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15th July 1943: The patrol report detailing HMS United's attack on an Italian submarine - and subsequent conversations with prisoners

Jul 15, 2023
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HMS United in Plymouth Sound. It is possible that signals intelligence may have guided her to intercept the Italian submarine Remo, 25 miles off Sicily - but this is not mentioned in the attack report.

The 23-year-old Lieutenant-Commander John Roxburgh had appeared all too youthful to his crew on HMS United when they commenced Mediterranean patrols in la…

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