Second Escort Group News Today

The Second Escort Group of “U-boat hunters” left Liverpool on January 29, 1944, to the sound of the nursery rhyme A-Hunting We Will Go blaring out of the loud speakers on one of the ships.Confidence

Before Stanley Darling became an Australian yachting legend, his nautical skills were needed for far more lethal ends. His exploits during the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest military campaign of World War II, made him one of the Royal Australian Navys most decorated officers. Australia will officially remember the battle on Saturday, with Captain Darling among about 5,000 service personnel and merchant mariners who were awarded the Atlantic Star. He was also awarded the Distinguished Servi...