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HMS Hotspur Damaged

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940

Herbert Layman10 April 1940

Ofotfjord · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Withdraws HMS Hotspur after heavy damage in the first naval battle.

Names involved

Herbert Layman

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