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On Tues. 27 Jun 1944 HMS Pink (Commander G. V. Legassick) was hit by a.....

1944-06-27

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HMS Pink (Commander G. V. Legassick) was hit by a torpedo fired from the German submarine U-988 off the Normandy beaches, France, and was so badly damaged that she was declared as a constructive total loss.

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