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On Tues. 21 Oct 1941 The cruisers HMS Aurora (Captain W. G. Agnew) and.....

1941-10-21

The story

The cruisers HMS Aurora (Captain W. G. Agnew) and HMS Penelope (Captain A. D. Nicholl) arrived in Malta and with the destroyers HMS Lance and HMS Lively formed a small squadron known as Force K. For some reason Force K always seemed to go to sea on a Saturday.

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