In the space of three weeks, 200 Fw 190s and 100 pilots were lost to enemy action.
And she was lost not to a freak accident, but to enemy action.
It is the first time in history that a B-52 has been lost to enemy action.
Of the 33 ships in the convoy, only nine would make it through to their destination, the other 24 being lost to enemy action.
Over 1.9 million people served within the CD and nearly 2,400 lost their lives to enemy action.
Coalition forces had lost 11 troops to friendly fire and none to enemy action.
She was the only Bathurst-class corvette to be lost to enemy action.
Five boats of the twenty-four built were lost to enemy action.
The other 15 were lost to enemy action in transit.
They were supplied in 1940, although one was lost at sea to enemy action.