The British Empire and its effect on Plymouth


HMS Starling Depth Charging


This is an actual photograph taken during Johnnie Walker's most successful mission of the war in February 1944. Here the shallow pattern of depth charges brought the group's sixth U-boat to the surface.

Below you can see HMS Kite launching depth charges - one is still hovering in the air before it falls below the waves. Image Courtesy of Imperial War Museum


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