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Naval battle during the Second World War
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The
action of 26 April 1944
occurred as a part of Operation Tunnel, Allied destroyer sweeps of the coast of
Brittany
in preparation for
Operation Overlord
. On the night of 25?26 April, a sweep was conducted by the
Dido
-class
cruiser
HMS
Black Prince
and the
Tribal-class
destroyers
HMS
Ashanti
,
HMCS
Athabaskan
,
HMCS
Haida
and
HMCS
Huron
. They engaged the
Elbing-class
torpedo boats
T24
,
T27
and
T29
off the
ile de Batz
until
T29
was destroyed. Both of the other torpedo boats were damaged in the engagement.
T29
caused some casualties on
Haida
and
Huron
before sinking with a loss of 135 men.
Haida
and
Ashanti
collided with each other near the end of the action.
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References
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Further reading
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- Whitby, Michael (2022). "The Challenges of Operation 'Tunnel', September 1943 ? April 1944". In Jordan, John (ed.).
Warship 2022
. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 29?46.
ISBN
978-1-4728-4781-2
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