Battle of Pierres Noires

1944 CE.

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The Battle of Pierres Noires was a naval action that occurred during the Allied Operation Dredger, involving several Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) destroyers and a German Kriegsmarine U-boat with surface escorts near Brest, France. The RCN force managed to sink or damage some of the escorts but the U-boat was able to escape.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Pierres Noires, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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