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Of the 58 ships that set out, two turned back and three were sunk. 53 ships made a safe and timely arrival. HX 47 was one of two trans-Atlantic convoys attacked during June, the other, HX 49, also losing three ships. During the month as a whole the UBW sank 63 ships in the
Atlantic; most of these
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886:
HX 47 was formed of two sections sailing from the
Americas. The main body, of 37 ships departed Halifax on 2 June 1940 with ships gathered from the US eastern seaboard; it was led by
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1018:, on independent passage; sighting HX 47 the U-boat left the freighter in a sinking condition and stalked the convoy. Attacking after midnight of 14/15 June
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were unescorted vessels sailing independently. June 1940 was the beginning of a marked increase in successes by the U-boat Arm, referred to by them as "
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was damaged in collision with a Greek steamer and returned for repairs, and another returned to port for
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from port following a refit. During the crossing three ships had dropped out of convoy; of these,
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1004:
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1043:
887:
671:
552:
265:
220:
626:
3044:
2786:
1272:
989:
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2443:
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On 14 June HX 47’s
Western Approaches escort arrived. These were the sloops
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951:(UBW), on patrol in Britain's sea lanes. The UBW had just two U-boats in
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1030:. The U-boat escaped and HX 47 continued without further loss.
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On 8 June the convoy was joined by BHX 47, 21 ships from the
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Naval battles of World War II involving the United
Kingdom
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U-boat information is from GuĂ°mundur
Helgason's uboat.net
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The main body of the convoy reached
Liverpool on 17 June.
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destroyer. Two ships dropped out early in the voyage;
855:. It was the 47th of the numbered series of merchant
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Escort information is from Arnold Hague's
Convoyweb
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Convoy information is from Arnold Hague's
Convoyweb
988:, from escorting the outbound convoy OA 164, and
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3347:Naval battles of World War II involving Germany
3352:Naval battles of World War II involving Canada
3260:Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War
897:. It was accompanied by its ocean escort, the
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3196:at convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020
3026:Hague, , Arnold; HX 47 at convoyweb.org.uk
1560:Vice-commodore: Adm Sir A J Davies KBE CB
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3035:Hague, Arnold; BHX 47 at convoyweb.org.uk
944:Ranged against HX 47 were U-boats of the
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3061:"Balmoralwood – British Steam merchant"
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3332:North Atlantic convoys of World War II
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3279:Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945
3208:www.uboat.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020
3084:www.uboat.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020
2914:Western Approaches Escort: 14–17 June
2849:Bermuda Local Escort: 31 May - ?
2815:Western Approaches Escort: 14–17 June
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1049:
3132:"Erik Boye – Canadian steam merchant"
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156:
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2694:Steel and timber; straggled 6 June
13:
3241:The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945
2310:: Adm Sir B S Thesiger KBE CB CMG
14:
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3310:
3277:Rohwer, J; Hummelchen, G (1992).
3238:
3098:"Italia – Norwegian motor tanker"
1305:Wheat and 4 aircraft (deck cargo)
1054:
1014:had attacked the Greek freighter
3082:Mount Myrto—Greek steam merchant
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893:BS Thesiger RN in the steamship
878:and lost three of its 58 ships.
88:
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3297:The U-boat Offensive: 1914-1945
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3045:U-boats on patrol, 12 June 1940
2880:Halifax Local Escort: 2–3 June
3174:. Arnold Hague Convoy Database
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2876:Canadian River-class destroyer
1:
3262:. Cassell Military Classics.
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871:. The convoy was attacked by
2754:Ocean Escort: 31 May-8 June
999:, was sighted on 14 June by
7:
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2558:
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2515:
2509:
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2434:
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2423:
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2282:
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2261:
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2234:
2228:
2223:
2207:
2201:
2196:
2180:
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2169:
2153:
2147:
2142:
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2099:
2093:
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2064:
2058:
2053:
2037:
2031:
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1999:
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1972:
1956:
1950:
1945:
1929:
1923:
1918:
1902:
1896:
1891:
1875:
1869:
1864:
1848:
1842:
1837:
1821:
1815:
1802:
1786:
1780:
1775:
1759:
1753:
1748:
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1726:
1721:
1705:
1699:
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1672:
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1613:
1597:
1591:
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1508:
1503:
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1406:
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1315:: 41 survivors on 14 June
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1144:
1138:
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3281:. Naval Institute Press.
3258:Edwards, Bernard (1996).
2700:
2586:Sugar; straggled 11 June
2089:: 19 dead, 16 survivors
1188:Copper and General Cargo
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194:
139:
121:
100:
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33:
25:
20:
2781:Ocean Escort: 2–15 June
1003:and sunk, 70 miles from
907:, and a local escort, a
3206:U-boats attacking HX 47
2778:Armed merchant cruiser
2451:Fuel Furnace Oil (FFO)
2337:Wheat and general cargo
930:, that had gathered at
61:German tactical victory
3239:Hague, Arnold (2000).
2750:Armed merchant cruiser
899:armed merchant cruiser
849:battle of the Atlantic
101:Commanders and leaders
2565:Theodoros Coumantaros
847:which ran during the
140:Casualties and losses
3299:. Arms & Armour
953:Southwest Approaches
941:and a local escort.
3295:Tarrant, VE (1989)
3226:Hitler's U-boat War
2871:Royal Canadian Navy
2726:
2343:, returned to port
2341:Georgios Potamianos
1898:Georgios Potamianos
1107:Aluminium and pulp
1064:
1050:Ships in the convoy
909:Royal Canadian Navy
226:Blockade of Germany
3317:HX.47 at convoyweb
2724:
2149:Manchester Citizen
1641:Cotton and lumber
1062:
1026:and the freighter
3337:Conflicts in 1940
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3007:
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2698:
2697:
2667:Wheat and lumber
2613:Fuel and lub oil
2505:Steel and timber
1396:Steel and timber
1005:Cape Clear Island
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829:
186:Atlantic campaign
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133:58 merchant ships
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2325:
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2069:
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1414:
1412:
1411:
1387:
1385:
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1360:
1358:
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1333:
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1330:
1307:Straggled 6 June
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967:, with another,
888:convoy commodore
221:Northern Barrage
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1811:: 22 survivors
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895:Pacific Pioneer
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41:14/15 June 1940
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2635:
2622:
2615:
2614:
2611:
2608:
2606:United Kingdom
2595:
2588:
2587:
2584:
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2561:
2560:
2557:
2554:
2552:United Kingdom
2541:
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2498:United Kingdom
2487:
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2444:United Kingdom
2433:
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2417:United Kingdom
2406:
2399:
2398:
2397:General cargo
2395:
2392:
2379:
2372:
2371:
2368:
2365:
2363:United Kingdom
2352:
2349:Regent Panther
2345:
2344:
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2319:
2312:
2311:
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2300:
2298:United Kingdom
2287:
2280:
2279:
2276:
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2260:
2253:
2252:
2251:General cargo
2249:
2246:
2244:United Kingdom
2233:
2230:Northumberland
2226:
2225:
2222:
2219:
2217:United Kingdom
2206:
2199:
2198:
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2170:General cargo
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2165:
2163:United Kingdom
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2125:
2118:
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2109:United Kingdom
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2090:
2079:
2076:
2063:
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2022:
2009:
2002:
2001:
1998:
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1993:United Kingdom
1982:
1975:
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1971:
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1966:United Kingdom
1955:
1948:
1947:
1944:
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1939:United Kingdom
1928:
1921:
1920:
1919:General cargo
1917:
1914:
1901:
1894:
1893:
1892:General cargo
1890:
1887:
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1720:
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1704:
1697:
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1677:
1670:
1669:
1668:General cargo
1666:
1663:
1661:United Kingdom
1650:
1643:
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1634:United Kingdom
1623:
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1580:United Kingdom
1569:
1562:
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1551:United Kingdom
1540:
1533:
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1526:
1524:United Kingdom
1513:
1510:British Prince
1506:
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1497:United Kingdom
1486:
1479:
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1425:
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1423:General cargo
1421:
1418:
1416:United Kingdom
1405:
1398:
1397:
1394:
1391:
1389:United Kingdom
1378:
1371:
1370:
1369:General cargo
1367:
1364:
1362:United Kingdom
1351:
1344:
1343:
1342:General cargo
1340:
1337:
1335:United Kingdom
1324:
1317:
1316:
1303:
1300:
1298:United Kingdom
1287:
1280:
1279:
1267:
1264:
1251:
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1243:
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1235:United Kingdom
1224:
1217:
1216:
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1210:
1208:United Kingdom
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1190:
1189:
1186:
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1163:
1162:
1159:
1156:
1143:
1136:
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1129:
1116:
1109:
1108:
1105:
1102:
1089:
1082:
1081:
1078:
1072:
1069:
1056:
1055:Merchant ships
1053:
1051:
1048:
1044:The Happy Time
1038:
1035:
978:
975:
883:
880:
838:North Atlantic
828:
827:
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824:
819:
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796:
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772:
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741:
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449:2nd Happy Time
446:
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381:Denmark Strait
371:
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327:
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305:
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266:1st Happy Time
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98:
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85:
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23:
22:
9:
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3:
2:
3364:
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3335:
3333:
3330:
3329:
3327:
3318:
3315:
3314:
3306:
3305:0-85368-928-8
3302:
3298:
3294:
3290:
3288:1-55750-105-X
3284:
3280:
3275:
3271:
3269:0-304-35203-9
3265:
3261:
3256:
3252:
3250:1-86176-147-3
3246:
3242:
3237:
3235:
3234:0-304-35260-8
3231:
3227:
3223:
3220:
3219:
3207:
3202:
3195:
3189:
3173:
3167:
3158:
3152:Tarrant p.149
3149:
3133:
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3083:
3078:
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3016:
3004:14 June 1940
3003:
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2818:
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2791:
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2762:
2761:Esperance Bay
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2305:General cargo
2299:
2285:
2281:
2272:
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2218:
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2203:Nailsea Manor
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1558:General cargo
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739:SL 140/MKS 31
737:
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734:SL 139/MKS 30
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3216:Bibliography
3201:
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3166:
3161:Tarrant p.89
3157:
3148:
3136:. Retrieved
3114:
3102:. Retrieved
3077:
3065:. Retrieved
3047:at uboat.net
3040:
3031:
3002:Balmoralwood
3001:
2993:Kriegsmarine
2981:
2973:
2969:
2965:14 June 1940
2961:Kriegsmarine
2949:
2924:
2910:-class sloop
2907:
2887:
2856:
2845:-class sloop
2842:
2822:
2811:-class sloop
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2095:Kenbane Head
2094:
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2005:
1978:
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1271:Diverted to
1247:
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1193:
1166:
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885:
853:World War II
834:Convoy HX 47
833:
832:
822:7–8 May 1945
817:5–6 May 1945
812:Point Judith
805:
798:
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615:
614:
570:27 September
553:
486:
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386:
374:
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248:
237:
236:
214:St. Lawrence
147:3 ships sunk
117:B S Thesiger
70:Belligerents
28:World War II
21:Convoy HX.47
15:
3222:Blair, Clay
2921:Axis forces
2908:Bridgewater
2633:Netherlands
2027:Scrap iron
1537:Cairnvalona
1402:Boston City
1016:Mount Myrto
859:run by the
775:Capture of
538:Bell Island
487:Connecticut
302:Nordseetour
244:River Plate
110:Karl Dönitz
3326:Categories
3194:HX Convoys
3118:Blair p167
3011:References
2997:no contact
2902:Royal Navy
2855:HMCS
2837:Royal Navy
2803:Royal Navy
2774:Royal Navy
2745:Royal Navy
2717:Ship Type
2673:Zurichmoor
2538:Temple Inn
2430:San Adolfo
2316:Randsfjord
2278:Wood pulp
1979:Hartbridge
1952:Harborough
1871:Georgios G
1844:Ferncastle
1838:Crude oil
1749:Crude oil
1587:Crude oil
1348:Beaverhill
1321:Beaverbrae
1277:degaussing
1248:Askeladden
1194:Argos Hill
1037:Conclusion
949:U-boat Arm
917:degaussing
913:Randsfjord
882:Background
443:Postmaster
375:RheinĂĽbung
2974:Erik Boye
2886:HMS
2821:HMS
2787:HMS
2532:Fuel oil
2511:Storanger
2484:Southgate
2197:Iron ore
1865:Fuel oil
1817:F J Wolfe
1782:Erik Boye
1776:Fuel oil
1593:Clydebank
1450:Pitprops
1429:Briarwood
1375:Blairspey
1028:Erik Boye
990:HMS
983:HMS
936:HMS
924:Caribbean
869:Liverpool
845:HX series
745:Stonewall
719:Sept-ĂŽles
672:Black May
575:SG 6/LN 6
231:Gibraltar
209:Caribbean
135:2 escorts
2888:Sandwich
2857:Saguenay
2843:Hastings
2823:Penzance
2809:Shoreham
2725:Escorts
2646:Vinemoor
2457:Saturnus
2257:Octavian
2083:Sunk by
2033:Hoyanger
1925:Germanic
1805:Sunk by
1728:El Aleto
1647:Diplomat
1620:Comedian
1504:Benzine
1309:Sunk by
1269:Pitprops
1167:Annavore
1074:Tonnage
985:Sandwich
806:Teardrop
765:Lyme Bay
476:27 March
387:Bismarck
199:Americas
122:Strength
46:Location
26:Part of
3224:(1996)
3178:14 July
3138:14 July
3104:14 July
3067:14 July
2931:Number
2732:Ascania
2675:(1925)
2648:(1924)
2621:(1918)
2619:Ulysses
2610:10,364
2594:(1939)
2567:(1917)
2540:(1940)
2513:(1930)
2486:(1926)
2478:Petrol
2459:(1940)
2432:(1935)
2424:Lumber
2405:(1937)
2403:Salacia
2390:Finland
2378:(1922)
2370:Petrol
2351:(1937)
2318:(1937)
2286:(1928)
2259:(1938)
2248:11,558
2232:(1915)
2205:(1937)
2178:(1929)
2176:Masunda
2151:(1925)
2143:Copper
2124:(1915)
2097:(1919)
2062:(1939)
2035:(1926)
2008:(1921)
1981:(1927)
1954:(1932)
1927:(1936)
1900:(1913)
1873:(1918)
1846:(1936)
1835:12,190
1819:(1932)
1784:(1924)
1757:(1927)
1730:(1927)
1722:Petrol
1719:10,050
1703:(1939)
1676:(1939)
1674:Dornach
1649:(1921)
1622:(1929)
1595:(1925)
1568:(1931)
1539:(1918)
1512:(1935)
1485:(1928)
1477:Petrol
1458:(1923)
1431:(1930)
1404:(1920)
1377:(1929)
1366:10,041
1350:(1928)
1323:(1928)
1286:(1937)
1250:(1920)
1223:(1927)
1196:(1922)
1169:(1921)
1142:(1913)
1115:(1919)
1113:Andreas
1088:(1919)
938:Ascania
932:Bermuda
876:U-boats
865:Halifax
857:convoys
843:of the
554:Laconia
465:Neuland
359:4 April
129:U-boats
83:Germany
3303:
3285:
3266:
3247:
3232:
2970:Italia
2943:Notes
2899:
2868:
2834:
2800:
2771:
2742:
2720:Notes
2701:Escort
2691:4,455
2684:
2664:4,359
2657:
2637:2,666
2630:
2603:
2592:Thiara
2583:5,709
2579:Greece
2576:
2559:Sugar
2556:5,218
2549:
2529:9,223
2525:Norway
2522:
2502:4,862
2495:
2475:9,965
2471:Sweden
2468:
2448:7,365
2441:
2421:5,495
2414:
2394:2,001
2387:
2376:Saimaa
2367:9,556
2360:
2334:3,999
2330:Norway
2327:
2302:6,734
2295:
2275:1,345
2271:Norway
2268:
2241:
2224:Grain
2221:4,926
2214:
2194:5,250
2187:
2167:5,343
2160:
2140:2,421
2136:Norway
2133:
2113:5,225
2106:
2078:9,973
2074:Norway
2071:
2060:Italia
2051:4,624
2047:Norway
2044:
2024:5,289
2020:Norway
2017:
2006:Hellen
2000:Wheat
1997:5,080
1990:
1973:Grain
1970:5,415
1963:
1946:Grain
1943:5,352
1936:
1916:4,044
1912:Greece
1909:
1889:4,289
1885:Greece
1882:
1862:9,940
1858:Norway
1855:
1831:Panama
1828:
1800:2,238
1796:Canada
1793:
1773:7,403
1766:
1746:7,203
1739:
1715:Norway
1712:
1695:Wheat
1692:5,186
1685:
1665:8,240
1658:
1638:5,122
1631:
1611:5,156
1604:
1584:8,229
1577:
1555:4,929
1548:
1528:4,879
1521:
1501:6,955
1494:
1474:6,968
1467:
1447:4,019
1440:
1420:2,870
1413:
1393:4,155
1386:
1359:
1339:9,956
1332:
1302:5,834
1295:
1266:2,496
1262:Norway
1259:
1242:Grain
1239:4,868
1232:
1215:Steel
1212:7,178
1205:
1185:3,324
1181:Norway
1178:
1161:Grain
1158:5,411
1154:Greece
1151:
1134:Wheat
1131:6,566
1127:Greece
1124:
1104:5,285
1100:Greece
1097:
1086:Aegeon
1080:Notes
1024:Italia
977:Action
873:German
861:Allies
841:convoy
836:was a
793:BX 141
783:HX 300
724:ON 207
709:SC 143
692:SC 130
687:SC 129
682:HX 237
667:HX 231
652:HX 228
647:SC 121
637:ON 166
632:SC 118
610:ON 154
605:ON 153
600:ON 144
595:SC 107
590:SL 125
585:HX 212
580:SC 104
565:SC 100
548:ON 127
533:ON 122
523:ON 115
518:ON 113
498:6 June
425:HX 156
395:HX 133
369:HX 126
364:OB 318
354:HX 112
349:OB 293
337:HX 106
331:Berlin
107:V.Adm.
58:Result
2968:sank
2937:Navy
2934:Type
2789:Fowey
2714:Flag
2711:Name
1803:Grain
1566:Capsa
1221:Ashby
1076:(GRT)
1071:Flag
1068:Name
992:Fowey
863:from
788:WEP 3
777:U-505
699:Faith
677:ONS 5
657:UGS 6
627:SG 19
560:SQ 36
543:QS 33
528:SC 94
513:QS 15
508:SL 78
503:HG 84
493:ON 92
481:OG 82
471:ON 67
459:SC 67
430:HG 76
420:SC 48
415:HG 73
410:SC 42
405:OG 71
400:OG 69
344:HG 53
325:SC 20
320:SC 19
308:HX 90
296:HX 84
291:HX 79
281:HX 72
271:HX 65
261:HX 49
256:HX 47
3301:ISBN
3283:ISBN
3264:ISBN
3245:ISBN
3230:ISBN
3180:2015
3140:2015
3106:2015
3069:2015
2988:VIIB
2982:U-47
2950:U-38
2759:HMS
2730:HMS
2122:Loke
2086:U-38
1808:U-38
1755:Elax
1701:Egda
1312:U-47
1275:for
1020:U-38
1012:U-38
1001:U-47
970:U-32
964:U-47
961:and
958:U-38
926:and
902:HMS
891:Adm.
799:1945
759:1944
642:UC 1
622:TM 1
616:1943
436:1942
314:1941
286:SC 7
276:SC 2
250:1940
238:1939
115:Adm.
38:Date
2956:IXA
1046:".
955:,
867:to
851:in
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3243:.
3123:^
3089:^
3052:^
3019:^
2972:,
1007:.
919:.
127:2
3291:.
3272:.
3253:.
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3108:.
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162:v
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