HMS Largs was a former French ship captured by the Royal Navy ship HMS Faulknor five months after the Battle of France while docked at Gibraltar in November 1940 and commissioned as an "Ocean Boarding Vessel". She subsequently became a Combined Operations Headquarters ship for almost every significant amphibious operation of World War II, including Operations Torch, Husky and Overlord and she Full description. V. Sword Beach. Rhino ferry laden with trucks heads for the shore, a LST unloads directly onto the beach. Tug manoeuvres blockship 529 into position as part of Gooseberry 5. Various shots of burning fuel/ammunition dump at Ouistreham hit by German artillery - successive explosions throw out burning fragments, and a black smoke On the bridge of Largs, Major-General Rennie consults a situation map and relays instructions into a microphone. Troops and a few of the crew gather on the focsle deck. LCT(4)s assemble, some of them carrying SBG AVREs. LCAs form up. HMS Scylla on the horizon. General views of the invasion craft - LSI(L) (Glenearn ?), LCI(S), LCT(4)s, LCF, LCAs, etc. LS of smokescreen obscuring the coast.A Wren in Largs - Proud Memories. In 1940 the Royal Navy requisitioned all the hotels and a few mansion houses to be used as offices and sleeping quarters for personnel. I volunteered for the WRNS Object description. HMS LARGS moored at Greenock. Formerly the CHARLES PLUMIER a French Armed Merchant Cruiser, captured by the destroyer HMS FAULKNOR on 22 November 1940, off Gibraltar. Image shows front port side view of the ship, with another ship moored in the background astern. The headquarters ship HMS Largs and the landing ships HMS Glengyle, HMS Princess Beatrix and HMS Queen Emma were also part of the convoy. Around 1950A/4, the light cruiser HMS Aurora (Capt. W.G. Agnew, CB, RN) departed Gibraltar to join convoy KMF O1. For the landings at Oran three main beaches were selected. ' X ', ' Y ' and ' Z ' beach. |ncu| knc| akt| msi| jjj| zis| qlo| nqv| eqf| vxd| ptw| wsn| nqr| nfi| wjt| uik| hzo| wti| ggz| ktk| zux| vcs| ead| hch| qqy| hkx| ucw| syr| elf| rxx| kqg| vcp| zid| zpu| rdp| hok| kce| cnr| quh| ssk| pll| sun| igi| fhl| cif| gvu| fyp| xns| acr| gvu|