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846:
836:7–8 May 1945
831:5–6 May 1945
826:Point Judith
819:
812:
811:
790:
772:
771:
758:
629:
628:
584:27 September
567:
500:
478:
456:
449:
448:
400:
388:
344:
327:
326:
315:
294:
263:
262:
251:
250:
228:St. Lawrence
159:(18,178 GRT)
87:Kriegsmarine
73:Belligerents
31:World War II
24:Convoy HX 72
18:
1260:Sunk by...
1250:Casualties
1123:La Malouine
954:Convoy SC 2
789:Capture of
552:Bell Island
501:Connecticut
316:Nordseetour
258:River Plate
115:Karl Dönitz
1826:Categories
1816:Jervis Bay
1689:References
1388:Blairangus
1213:Conclusion
1117:Heartsease
1104:and three
1036:Blairangus
946:U-boat Arm
929:Jervis Bay
924:Jervis Bay
907:Tregarthen
877:Background
457:Postmaster
389:RheinĂĽbung
161:113 killed
100:Royal Navy
1203:Collegian
1184:Harlingen
1180:Harlingen
1158:Broompark
1111:Calendula
1106:corvettes
1097:destroyer
1092:Lowestoft
887:Liverpool
859:HX series
759:Stonewall
733:Sept-ĂŽles
686:Black May
589:SG 6/LN 6
245:Gibraltar
223:Caribbean
136:5 escorts
131:8 U-boats
1788:(1954).
1502:Dalcairn
1426:Canonesa
1201:damaged
1197:, while
1149:Dalcairn
1140:Canonesa
1077:, while
820:Teardrop
779:Lyme Bay
490:27 March
401:Bismarck
213:Americas
151:(72,727
134:43 ships
126:Strength
49:Location
29:Part of
1714:9 April
1639:10,525
1578:Scholar
1487:10,364
1464:Torinia
1346:Elmbank
1253:Tonnage
1172:Scholar
1145:Torinia
1101:Shikari
1024:Lorient
1016:Elmbank
1004:Elmbank
898:Bermuda
883:Halifax
871:U-boats
857:of the
568:Laconia
479:Neuland
373:4 April
112:Admiral
1774:
1755:
1736:
1677:6,031
1669:Norway
1666:
1628:
1601:3,940
1590:
1563:6,586
1552:
1525:4,608
1514:
1476:
1449:8,286
1438:
1411:4,409
1400:
1369:5,156
1358:
1331:3,668
1320:
1293:9,154
1282:
1174:, and
979:Action
894:Sydney
855:convoy
850:was a
807:BX 141
797:HX 300
738:ON 207
723:SC 143
706:SC 130
701:SC 129
696:HX 237
681:HX 231
666:HX 228
661:SC 121
651:ON 166
646:SC 118
624:ON 154
619:ON 153
614:ON 144
609:SC 107
604:SL 125
599:HX 212
594:SC 104
579:SC 100
562:ON 127
547:ON 122
537:ON 115
532:ON 113
512:6 June
439:HX 156
409:HX 133
383:HX 126
378:OB 318
368:HX 112
363:OB 293
351:HX 106
345:Berlin
97:
84:
61:Result
1681:U-100
1654:Simla
1643:U-100
1605:U-100
1598:none
1567:U-100
1529:U-100
1522:none
1491:U-100
1453:U-100
1256:(GRT)
1244:Name
1241:Date
1229:Table
1195:Simla
1193:sank
1191:U-100
1162:U-100
1131:U-100
1088:sloop
1080:U-100
986:, in
961:(BdU)
848:HX 72
802:WEP 3
791:U-505
713:Faith
691:ONS 5
671:UGS 6
641:SG 19
574:SQ 36
557:QS 33
542:SC 94
527:QS 15
522:SL 78
517:HG 84
507:ON 92
495:OG 82
485:ON 67
473:SC 67
444:HG 76
434:SC 48
429:HG 73
424:SC 42
419:OG 71
414:OG 69
358:HG 53
339:SC 20
334:SC 19
322:HX 90
310:HX 84
305:HX 79
295:HX 72
285:HX 65
275:HX 49
270:HX 47
1814:HMS
1772:ISBN
1753:ISBN
1734:ISBN
1716:2021
1415:U-48
1377:U-47
1373:U-99
1335:U-99
1297:U-99
1199:U-32
1156:hit
1154:U-48
1147:and
1120:and
1074:U-32
1071:and
1068:U-43
1062:U-38
1056:U-65
1044:U-48
1042:and
1040:U-47
1031:U-48
1020:U-99
1012:U-47
1010:and
1008:U-99
996:U-99
988:U-99
972:U-65
969:and
966:U-99
950:U-47
944:The
938:U-47
896:and
813:1945
773:1944
656:UC 1
636:TM 1
630:1943
450:1942
328:1941
300:SC 7
290:SC 2
264:1940
252:1939
146:none
41:Date
1636:11
1560:33
1328:34
1290:16
935:of
865:in
153:GRT
1828::
1770:.
1751:.
1706:.
1674:5
1484:5
1446:1
1408:7
1375:,
1366:1
1205:.
1170:,
1143:,
1126:.
1114:,
1108:,
1095:,
1065:,
1059:,
1053:,
1026:.
941:.
910:.
1780:.
1761:.
1742:.
1718:.
190:e
183:t
176:v
155:)
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