SL convoys were a numbered series of North Atlantic trade convoys during the Second World War. Merchant ships carrying commodities bound to the British...
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Convoy SL 125 was the 125th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities...
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This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region. "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940". "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2...
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Convoy SL 78 was the 78th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities...
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Banff-class sloop (category North Atlantic convoys of World War II)
convoy HX 128 and was assigned to the 42nd Escort Group after refit on the River Thames. She escorted convoys WS 11, SL 89, OS 12, SL 95, OS 17, SL 100...
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Gibraltar convoys of World War II were oceangoing trade convoys of merchant ships sailing between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom. Gibraltar convoy routes...
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Convoys SL 138/MKS 28 were two Allied convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. SL 138 was one of the SL convoys from the South...
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from Liverpool, and OG to Gibraltar. September 14, 1939 The first of the SL convoys sails from Freetown. U-39 attacks the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark...
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Convoys SL 139/MKS 30 were two Allied convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. SL 139 was one of the SL convoys from the South...
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battleships of their own to escort convoys. This proved successful, with the German force having to abandon attacks against convoys on 8 February as well as 7...
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Convoys SL 140/MKS 31 was a combined Allied convoy which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, sailing to Britain in November 1943. SL...
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post for Allied traffic in the South Atlantic and the assembly point for SL convoys to Britain. An RAF base was maintained at nearby Lungi airfield. British...
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Liverpool with Convoy MKF 29, but on 9 March she detached at Gibraltar for repairs. She resumed her voyage with convoys MKS 42G and SL 151MK, reaching...
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HX convoys were transatlantic convoys in the North Atlantic during the First World War and in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. HX convoys...
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to Dakar. For subsequent SL convoys Dunvegan Castle was an escort all the way to UK home waters. She was an escort of Convoy SL 26, which left Freetown...
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in the escort of three SL convoys from Freetown in Sierra Leone to Britain. In June 1941 she took part in the escort of Convoy HX 131 from Halifax, Nova...
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world; each was designated by a two- or three letter code. List of Allied convoys during World War II by region provides additional information. A - B -...
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HMS Bideford. After escorting convoys OS 4, SL 87, OS 10, SL 93, OS 12, SL 95, OS 17, SL 100, OS 22, SL 106, OS 28, SL 112, OS 34 and SL 118 on this eastern Atlantic...
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drop out of the convoy and return to Freetown. On 1 February she left Freetown again, in Convoy SL 19, which joined the faster Convoy SL 19F on 16 February...
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World War II. It was the 154th of the numbered series of merchant ship convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. It came under attack...
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with attacks on convoys XK 2 and Convoy HX 126. SL 126 was picked up only late in the month, over 27–30 March. The convoy's predecessor SL 125 had been so...
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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 Liverpool. The ships...
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formed into convoys for protection against German submarine attack. In March 1943 convoys HX 229 and SC 122 were the focus of the largest convoy battle of...
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Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
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Group escorting OS/SL convoys to and from West Africa. In July 1942 she took part in the destruction of U-136 while escorting convoy OS 33. In October...
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The UG convoys were a series of east-bound trans-Atlantic convoys from the United States to Gibraltar carrying food, ammunition, and military hardware...
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Convoy ON 92 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 92nd of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the...
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with convoy HX 128. After a refit on the River Thames, Totland escorted convoys OS 4, SL 89, OS 12, SL 95, OS 17, SL 100, OS 22, SL 106, OS 28, SL 112...
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1940 she took part in the escort of four SL convoys from Freetown in Sierra Leone to Britain, and one OG convoy from Britain to Gibraltar. On 1 March 1940...
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CAM ship (category North Atlantic convoys of World War II)
close air cover for the convoys. The Fw 200s could shadow convoys, directing U-boat attacks on them, or drop bombs on convoy ships, without opposition...
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