At the end of his officer training, Miller was sent aboard a Royal Navy destroyer as part of an exchange program between the forces.
Somali was the last Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer to be sunk during the war.
Other officers serving on Royal Navy destroyers made similar observations about their ships.
Fully loaded, these displaced more than 3,000 tons, more than any Royal Navy destroyers of the period.
The minelayers were preceded by Royal Navy destroyers sweeping for enemy mines and submarines.
The Italians were later rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.
She was the only Royal Navy destroyer to ever carry a gun of this caliber.
Attempts were made to re-float her by four tugs and a Royal Navy destroyer without any success.
A Royal Navy destroyer had appeared far out in the bay, dominant and sinister.
He pulled out just above ground level and then, crossing the beaches, flew into a barrage of antiaircraft fire from a Royal Navy destroyer.