![]() HMS Auckland, a Royal Navy sloop, opened fire, followed after her first salvo by Yarra (II). Yarra (II) challenged, seconds before the flash of a discharged torpedo was seen and immediately following, gunfire was heard. ![]() About 11:00pm, a few miles east of Massawa, two ships were sighted approaching from ahead at high speed. ![]() The evening of 20 October found Yarra (II) zigzagging over a flat, calm sea in brilliant moonlight to starboard of the convoy. On 18 October she sailed from Aden as part of the escort of a north bound convoy. In October 1940 her crew caught their only glimpse of the enemy afloat during Yarra's Red Sea service. Thereafter she quickly entered the routine life of a Red Sea Force sloop on patrol, escorting convoys up and down the Red Sea and maintaining a tight blockade between Africa and the Arabian coast. Note her two forward high angle 4-inch guns.Īt Aden Yarra (II) experienced her first taste of enemy action in two air raids on the night of her arrival.
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