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| Picture No | 10652614 |
| Date | 10 April 1940 |
| Description | British naval action in Narvik harbour by G. H. Davis |
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The Royal Navy's first heroic dash into Narvik harbour in face of tremendous odds: German destroyers and store ships sunk. Captain Warburton-Lee led the second destroyer flotilla in to attack greatly superior forces. HMS Hunter was sunk and HMS Hardy driven ashore. One enemy destroyer was sunk, two were set on fire, and all supply ships were destroyed.
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| Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 27 April 1940, pp546-7 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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