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Norwegian crew, the
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which was initiated on 9 April. She spent the rest of 1940 in the coastal waters around the UK, with occasional passages across the
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374:as well as crossing the Atlantic twice, visiting
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105:Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft A/S,
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1618:Maritime incidents in February 1945
241:36 ft 2 in (11.02 m)
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869:"BTC Convoy Series: Convoy BTC.81"
823:German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
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741:"Casualty Details (T.A. Boniface)"
688:. 27 February 2008. Archived from
655:Lawson, Siri Holm (30 July 2008).
249:16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
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441:gun crew of three British
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893:Corvus (Build Year: 1920)
887:Corvus (Build Year: 1921)
433:near Liverpool bound for
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715:"DS Corvus - crew list"
476:about seven miles from
190:General characteristics
478:Lizard Point, Cornwall
272:9 knots (17 km/h)
185:Sunk, 27 February 1945
817:Helgason, Guðmundur.
425:On 23 February 1945,
397:, before a voyage to
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1598:Steamships of Norway
627:. Plimsoll Ship Data
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413:until her return to
390:from North America.
376:Halifax, Nova Scotia
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198:Steam merchant ship
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598:Miramar Ship Index
328:Western Approaches
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407:Convoy KMS16
403:North Africa
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384:palm kernels
348:Convoy HN 25
341:
338:World War II
300:was a 1,317
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143:Code Letters
132:January 1921
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1450:Kommandøren
1301:Henry Bacon
920: /
878:21 February
858:21 February
828:22 February
819:"DS Corvus"
777:22 February
752:22 February
725:21 February
696:21 February
666:21 February
657:"DS Corvus"
631:24 February
603:21 February
560:dropped by
535:Baronscourt
502: /
449:, and left
405:as part of
364:West Africa
220:2,180
208:1,317
113:Yard number
1613:1920 ships
1582:Categories
1569:March 1945
1472:Pathfinder
1357:Arsterturm
1279:Trentonian
1277:HMCS
1017:Gay Viking
968:Shipwrecks
873:Convoy Web
853:Convoy Web
575:References
525:footballer
443:Royal Navy
312:Copenhagen
254:Propulsion
107:Copenhagen
1515:USS
1488:USS
1470:HMS
1459:USS
1268:Dettifoss
1260:USS
1249:USS
1242:USS
1229:HMS
1159:HMS
1106:HMS
998:USS
593:"5605417"
564:Loch Fada
429:departed
415:Liverpool
399:Gibraltar
366:visiting
310:built in
308:steamship
305:Norwegian
214:763
129:Completed
18:SS Corvus
1507:18 Feb:
1497:17 Feb:
1490:Crevalle
1481:SS
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1468:11 Feb:
1457:10 Feb:
1410:28 Feb:
1382:27 Feb:
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1072:10 Feb:
1015:MV
543:Falmouth
539:Wallonia
435:Plymouth
121:Launched
74:Operator
64:Namesake
1461:Batfish
1447:9 Feb:
1413:Lautaro
1231:Vervain
1085:Persier
1075:Steuben
1056:9 Feb:
1040:7 Feb:
1030:6 Feb:
1023:Karatsu
1013:5 Feb:
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976:1 Feb:
905:49°55′N
521:Latvian
513:torpedo
490:05°22′W
487:49°55′N
462:U-boats
447:Mumbles
431:Garston
330:of the
326:in the
324:U-boats
203:Tonnage
102:Builder
94:Ordered
35:History
1523:U-2336
1517:Gamble
1403:U-1279
1397:U-1018
1385:Corvus
1347:U-3007
1341:U-1208
1237:U-1276
1218:Nokaze
1208:U-2344
1185:U-1278
1179:U-1273
1167:Impero
1140:U-1053
1120:Ro-113
1091:Ro-112
1006:U-1014
1000:Barbel
989:U-1279
979:Ro-115
908:5°22′W
802:16 May
550:U-1018
517:U-1018
473:U-1018
427:Corvus
388:lumber
352:Bergen
320:Bergen
297:Corvus
230:Length
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