Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te Hanuere ki te Haratua 1944, i haere tonu a "Blackmore" i roto i ana mahi kaitiaki waka. I te 16 o Hanuere ka whakaekea e ia a Durazzo i Albania me te kaipuke whakangaromanga. I te marama o Hune, i tukuna a "Blackmore" ki te Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet, i uru atu ki te whakaeke ki nga kaipuke E-Boat e wha o Tiamana i te Adriatic, me te kaipuke whakangaromanga. Kotahi te E-Boat i totohu, tekau nga tangata i ora i whakaorangia. I roto i te Hōngongoi tonu te kaipuke whakangaromanga i roto i tona deployment ki te flotilla, i tenei wa ki te whakaingoatanga mo te escort me paterola mahi o konupae hōia
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