H.M.S. Windrush

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1943

Henry Robb’s shipyard built many naval vessels during WWII including this small frigate that initially served to protect Atlantic convoys, before being given to the Free French forces who renamed her La Decouverte. She took part in the Normandy invasion of June 1944 in support of the Canadian 3rd Battalion on Juno Beach.

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