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  • 91Convoy rescue ship — During the Second World War purpose built convoy rescue ships accompanied some Atlantic convoys to rescue survivors from ships which had been attacked. Rescue ships were typically small freighters with passenger accommodations. Conversion to… …

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  • 92Convoy HG-76 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Convoy HG 76 partof=World War II date=19 23 Dec 1941 place=eastern Atlantic result=British victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz commander2=Commodore: Escort Cdr: Capt.FJ Walker… …

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  • 93Convoy SC 121 — A depth charge being loaded onto a depth charge thrower aboard the corvette HMS Dianthus, 14 August 1942 Convoy SC 121 was the 121st of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to… …

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  • 94Convoy Faith — Part of the Battle of the Atlantic, World War II …

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  • 95Convoy PQ-17 — PQ 17 was a World War II convoy carrying war matériel from Britain, Canada and the USA to the USSR. PQ 17 sailed in June July 1942 and suffered the heaviest losses of any Russia bound (PQ) convoy, with 25 vessels out of 36 lost to enemy… …

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  • 96Escort vehicle — An escort vehicle is an automobile used to escort trucks with large loads, convoys of large vehicles, guide motorists through construction sites, and assist aircraft in taxiing from the runway to the tarmac at many airports. In most instances,… …

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  • 97Convoy HX-79 — HMS|Heliotrope|K03|2, HMS|Coreopsis|K32|2, and HMS|Arabis|K73|2; and armed naval trawlers, a minesweeper and a submarine.ActionUndeterred by their presence however, the pack attacked as night fell; using the darkness to cover an approach on the… …

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  • 98Convoy HX-228 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Convoy partof=World War II date=10 11 March 1943 place=North Atlantic result=Inconclusive combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz commander2=Comm: JO Dunn B 3 Group: AA Taitstrength1= 9 U boats… …

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  • 99Convoy ON 166 — A depth charge being loaded onto a depth charge thrower aboard the corvette HMS Dianthus, 14 August 1942 Convoy ON 166 was the 166th of the numbered ON series of merchant ship convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. Sixty three… …

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  • 100Convoy HX-112 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Convoy HX 112 partof=World War II date=15th/17th March 1941 place=Western Approaches result=Allied Victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz commander2=convoy: escort : Cdr D MacIntyre… …

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