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Description

IWM caption : A proud souvenir, the torn Battle Ensign of HMS HMS Tartar (F43) carried in her action with German destroyers in the Channel. It was in this action 8 June 1944 at Barfleur that a German destroyer ZH 1 was torpedoed and sunk by the destroyers Tartar and Ashanti and the former was hit on the bridge by three 120 mm shells. Left to right: Able Seamen E.G. Nurse of Swansea; W. Wetherall of Chiswick; D.J. Harvey of Worcester; G. Lilley of Rockhampton and P. Gill of Manchester. They have all served over three years in Tartar.

Date

18 October 1945

Source

This photograph A 30906 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)

Author

Hales, G (Sub Lt), Royal Navy official photographer

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current	14:20, 21 June 2014	784 × 596 (280 KB)	Hohum	Correct exposure
	12:13, 11 December 2011	784 × 596 (251 KB)	Cobatfor	IWM photo
	18:17, 12 December 2007	350 × 240 (46 KB)	Benea~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description=A proud souvenir, the torn Battle Ensign of HMS TARTAR carried in her action with German destroyers in the Channel. It was in this action 8 June 1944 at Barfleur that a German destroyer (ZH 1) was torpedoed and sunk by the destr