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Part 11
3rd November 1939

HMS Belfast is hit by a mine in the Firth of Forth luckily it causes minimum damage. The Admiralty puts an inital order for 300 Gloster Goshawk fighter aircraft with the possibility of another 300+.

The first King George V class Battleship is commissioned along with the first Illustrious class Carrier, it is hoped that these two ships will form the start of the Royal Navies fast battle group along with the heavy county class cruisers Norfolk and Gloucestershire, The light town class cruisers Belfast and Newcastle along with four Tribal class destroyers as ASW escort.

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