The Domiat also known as the Damietta formally the HMS Nith The Domiat was originally built by Henry Robb Limited at Leith Scotland for the British Navy and commissioned on the 25 September 1942 as the corvette HMS Nith K215. The Nith saw active service in World War two, she was bombed by an experimental unmanned guided bomb (Mistal) developed by the Germans and also served against the Japanese in Rangoon. In November 1948 she was sold to the Egyptian government in and renamed the Domiat which is the common name (or old name) for the Egyptian city of Damietta.…
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