Basic Overview
Date: 17 October 1940
Scope: Minor
Nature: Sea, Shore bombardment
Status: Implemented
Scope: Minor
Nature: Sea, Shore bombardment
Status: Implemented
Theater
- North-West Europe
Nations Involved
- UK
- Germany
Operation Details
'PS' was a British naval gunfire bombardment of the port facilities of Calais on the north-east coast of German-occupied France (17 October 1940).
,The ships involved were the monitor Erebus escorted by the destroyer Walpole and the escort destroyer Garth, and the bombardment lasted from 00.10 to 00.42.
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