Heathcote was ordered to take command of the escort after the commander of Escort Group C1 collapsed from exhaustion after a five-day battle, during which ON 154 had lost 14 ships for one U-boat destroyed.
Heathcote was ordered to take command of the escort after the SOE (G Windeyer, in), had collapsed from exhaustion. In a five-day battle, ON 154 had lost 14 ships for one U-boat destroyed.