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967:The following evening
896:Armed Merchant Cruiser
850:Battle of the Atlantic
99:Commanders and leaders
848:which ran during the
138:Casualties and losses
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1017:Merchant ships lost
924:and a local escort.
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818:5–6 May 1945
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146:3 ships sunk
68:Belligerents
26:World War II
19:Convoy HX 49
1333:Blair, Clay
1316:Eli Knudsen
1162:Eli Knudsen
1155:Port Hobart
1057:Netherlands
997:Eli Knudsen
776:Capture of
539:Bell Island
488:Connecticut
303:Nordseetour
245:River Plate
108:Karl Dönitz
1367:Categories
1299:Randsfjord
1265:Moordrecht
1201:References
1124:Randsfjord
1043:Moordrecht
1034:Date sunk
1012:Ships lost
987:Randsfjord
956:Moordrecht
932:U-boat Arm
879:Background
444:Postmaster
376:RheinĂĽbung
922:Ragputana
910:Caribbean
892:Eurybates
866:Liverpool
846:HX series
746:Stonewall
720:Sept-ĂŽles
673:Black May
576:SG 6/LN 6
232:Gibraltar
210:Caribbean
143:no losses
133:2 escorts
1193:Sandwich
1117:Sandwich
1028:Tonnage
945:Sandwich
807:Teardrop
766:Lyme Bay
477:27 March
388:Bismarck
200:Americas
120:Strength
44:Location
24:Part of
1335:(1996)
1184:22 June
1146:22 June
1104:21 June
1070:Corunna
1065:20 June
918:Bermuda
899:Ausonia
873:U-boats
862:Halifax
844:of the
555:Laconia
466:Neuland
360:4 April
127:U-boats
81:Germany
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1176:Norway
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1138:Norway
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1037:Notes
938:Action
870:German
858:Allies
842:convoy
837:was a
794:BX 141
784:HX 300
725:ON 207
710:SC 143
693:SC 130
688:SC 129
683:HX 237
668:HX 231
653:HX 228
648:SC 121
638:ON 166
633:SC 118
611:ON 154
606:ON 153
601:ON 144
596:SC 107
591:SL 125
586:HX 212
581:SC 104
566:SC 100
549:ON 127
534:ON 122
524:ON 115
519:ON 113
499:6 June
426:HX 156
396:HX 133
370:HX 126
365:OB 318
355:HX 112
350:OB 293
338:HX 106
332:Berlin
113:V.Adm.
105:V.Adm.
56:Result
1224:HX 49
1181:9,026
1143:3,999
1113:Fowey
1062:7,493
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1025:Flag
1022:Name
951:Fowey
860:from
789:WEP 3
778:U-505
700:Faith
678:ONS 5
658:UGS 6
628:SG 19
561:SQ 36
544:QS 33
529:SC 94
514:QS 15
509:SL 78
504:HG 84
494:ON 92
482:OG 82
472:ON 67
460:SC 67
431:HG 76
421:SC 48
416:HG 73
411:SC 42
406:OG 71
401:OG 69
345:HG 53
326:SC 20
321:SC 19
309:HX 90
297:HX 84
292:HX 79
282:HX 72
272:HX 65
262:HX 49
257:HX 47
1354:ISBN
1341:ISBN
1189:U-32
1151:U-30
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1074:U-48
1002:U-32
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992:U-30
970:U-47
961:U-48
912:and
800:1945
760:1944
643:UC 1
623:TM 1
617:1943
437:1942
315:1941
287:SC 7
277:SC 2
251:1940
239:1939
36:Date
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