Action off Ushant

[Diagram by types of ship]

Start: Thursday June 8, 1944

Ending: Friday June 9, 1944

Winner: Allies

Attempt by a German flotilla to attack the ships in the Channel after the landing in Normandy. They are repulsed off Ushant Island by allied destroyers in a night fight

Place: Channel

Type: Gun battle

	Allies	Germany
Forces	Jones (10th Destroyer flotilla, Force 26): 8 destroyers.	Von Bechtolsheim (8th Destroyers flotilla): 3 destroyers, 1 fleet torpedo boat.
Losses	nil.	2 destroyers lost. 1 fleet torpedo boat damaged.

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