A Fortunate Ship A Most on a Narrow Sea
By Captain John A. Rodgaard, U.S. Navy, and Lieutenant Commander Robert J. Moore, Royal Naval Reserve
Dodging mines and aerial attacks, a Royal Navy destroyer played a vital role in evacuating troops across the English Channel early in World War II.
In times of crisis or war, ships have been called on to perform tasks for which they were not designed. In many instances these tasks were assigned late in their service, when many were no longer considered modern enough to serve their intended purposes. Such was the case for the V- and W-class destroyers of the Royal Navy, and HMS Venomous was one of those ships.
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