 As part of the war effort the school ‘adopted’ the Tribal-Class destroyer HMS Afridi (F07), sadly lost in the Norway Campaign Sunk 3 May 1940 by Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers, with a loss of 53 of the ships company, including 12 soldiers from Åndalsnes and Namsos she had embarked earlier.By 1950 there were 250 girls at the school.Their uniform of green coats and gold berets was a familiar sight in Hove, and the blazer carried a colourful badge depicting the Sacred Heart.