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King George VI inspecting battleship HMS Howe, Scapa Flow
Battleship HMS King George V , March 1941
The First Lord of the Admiralty addresses the Ship's Company of the battleship HMS King George V, below the quadruple 14-inch guns of "Y" turret, at Scapa Flow on 15 January 1943
ASW trawler HMS Coral being broken up in Dry Dock No 3 in Malta Dockyard. Date between 31 October 1941 and 1943
She was sunk twice...4 May 1941
Coral was stationed at Malta with ASW duties and was sunk, along with HMS Fermoy, while inside #3 Dock in Valletta harbour, in the course of a heavy air attack the night of 4-5 May by the planes of X Fliegerkorps. The planes deployed that night were 16 Ju-87s of II/St.G.1, 15 He.111 of II/KG.26 and 11 He.111 of 2/KG.4 and 5/KG/4. due to the location,
Coral was easily refloated and repairs carried out.
31 Oct 1941 During the night a raid against naval targets was made by Italian planes from Sicily. The attacking formation included 4 Ju-87 of the 101st Gruppo Bombardamento a Tuffo and 8 Br.20 of the 37th Stormo Bombardamento terrestre.
Coral, then anchored in French Creek, sustained several hits and sank. She was again raised but found to be beyond repairs and eventually scrapped in Valletta during 1943
