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HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.
HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.

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The 6-inch guns of HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action in Audierne Bay between Brest and Lorient, France. The flash from the guns is silhouetting two of the cruiser's twin 4 inch turrets.
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Date Second World War
Cat Number A 25321
Artist / Maker Bennellick, S (Photographer of HMS MAURITIUS)
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HMS MAURITIUS firing during a night action against enemy ships off the French coast between Brest and Lorient, 23 August 1944.

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