HMS Frobisher (D81)
Royal Navy Operation Neptune 1944-06-06 Coast of Normandy Frobisher joined the 4th Cruiser Squadron of the Eastern Fleet in March 1942 and commenced operations in the Indian Ocean, escorting convoys around the African coast, spending brief periods in the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa. Frobisher returned to the UK in March 1944.
She was involved in Operation Neptune on 6 June as a member of Gunfire Bombardment Support Force D allocated to Sword Beach in the D-Day landings. She is reported to have fired five rounds per minute with her hand-loaded 7.5-inch guns on that occasion.Later that month she was deployed as a depot ship for the motor torpedo boats covering the naval forces.
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