Anti-submarine warfare - Mark VII depth charges in the racks are ready to be launched on the quarter deck of HMS Starling; January 1944.
HMS Starling, pennant number U66, was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War and was the most successful anti-submarine warfare vessel of the Royal Navy, being credited with the destruction of fourteen U-boats.

Ready to launch

Amphibious Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT) Buffaloes of the 5th Royal Tank Regiment during the early morning Rhine river crossing; Germany; 24 March, 1945.

Buffaloes rolling

A depth charge explodes astern of HMS STARLING. Mk VII depth charges were the standard anti-submarine weapon at the beginning of the Second World War. - January 1944.
HMS Starling, pennant number U66, was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War and was the most successful anti-submarine warfare vessel of the Royal Navy, being credited with the destruction of fourteen U-boats.