On 7 June 1944 Apollo embarked Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, naval commander Admiral Bertram Ramsay, and General Bernard Montgomery. She was to carry the senior commanders through the assault area on D-Day plus one. Apollo grounded en route, so the passengers transferred to the destroyer HMS Undaunted. Putting the highest Allied commanders aboard shows the confidence placed in her speed and command capacity. The episode places the class directly inside the command history of D-Day.
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Apollo carries the D-Day high command
On D-Day plus one, Apollo embarked Eisenhower, Ramsay, and Montgomery for a tour of the assault area before grounding forced their transfer to HMS Undaunted.