Peacock class patrol vessel LE ORLA returned from a patrol on October 26 and spent the following night at the anchorage off Whitegate. The following morning she weighed anchor and set off towards the naval base at Haulbowline Naval Base, though she did not enter the dock. She spent the next couple of hours sailing up and down past Cóbh.
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