Episodes of the Royal Navy S01 E08 Part Eight: The Great Armada 'Operation Torch'

Focuses on the armada of more than 350 merchantmen and 170 warships assembled for Operation Torch - the Allied assault on French North Africa in November 1942 - and the Royal Navy's Task Force H including: · Nelson, Rodney, and Renown, the carriers Formidable, Victorious, Furious, Biter, and other light escort carriers · Scenes of the Fleet Air Arm operating Albacores, Seafires, and Martlets with American roundels · The merchant ships Mooltan, Cathy, Strathnaver, Viceroy of India, and various Union Castle boats all sailing together · HMS Sheffield, as she joined the convoys independently at a later stage · Submarines from the 8th Flotilla, and their depot ship HMS Maidstone · King George VI's inspection of HMS Howe at Algiers