David George Allen

HMS Laforey was a L-class destroyer , she deployed to the west coast of Italy on 28 March and on 29 March she carried out a hunt for U-223 north of Palermo, in company with the destroyers Tumult, Tuscan, Urchin, Hambledon and Blencathra. U-223 had been detected by Ulster during a routine sweep. The search lasted until 30 March, when after sustaining several hours of depth charge attacks; U-223 surfaced, and was then attacked by the destroyers with gunfire at a range of 1,500 yards (1,400 m). U-223 was able to fire three torpedoes which struck Laforey. She sank quickly, resulting in the loss of most of her company, including her captain. There were 65 survivors out of the 247 on board. U-223 was sunk soon afterwards, and the survivors from Laforey and 27 survivors of U-223 were picked up by Blencathra, Hambledon and Tumult.

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