Entry Text: | FORBES, Donald. Two Small Ships. 208p., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 1957.
He began the war with the Home Fleet in Fortune. After successful A/S work, she fought in Norway, before moving south to join Force H. He next spent a spell in the Admiralty before standing by Pathfinder in January 1942. She went to the Mediterranean, seeing action first with the Pedestal convoy then at the Torch landings. In January 1943 she returned to the UK and spent five months in the Western Approaches. Then it was back to the Mediterranean for the Sicily, Salerno, and Corsica landings. Forbes spent the rest of the war in shore appointments. |
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