SS Narwik, formerly Empire Roamer, was a Polish general cargo ship built in 1941 to the order of the British government, as one of the Empire B type ships...
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destroyers HNoMS Narvik (F304), Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy SS Narwik, Polish steamer named after Narvik Narvik: The Campaign in Norway, 1940...
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Gdynia-America Line SS Narwik 1951 - 1972 Scrapped, 1970s Gdynia-America Line SS Tobruk 1951 - 1968 Scrapped, 1968 Ministry of War Transport SS Jedność 1951...
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Forty-five men died, but there were 1,022 survivors who were saved by SS Narwik. Following the sinking of Aldington Court on 31 October, the survivors...
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SS Benmohr (1928) SS Benwyvis (1929) SS Traprain Law (1930) SS Rothermere (1938) SS Narwik (1942) — Polish Empire B class cargo steamship Empire Celia...
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Gdynia America Line's 7,031 GRT Narwik, reached Orcades' boats. Despite the risk of further submarine attack, Narwik spent several hours rescuing 1,022...
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handed over to the Polish government-in-exile (along with four others; Narwik, Bałtyk, Białystok and Borysław, which in 1950 was renamed to Bytom) and...
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entry for 15 September 1942. For the foundering of the Norwegian cargo ship SS Vestland on this day, see the entry for 15 January 1942. ^Note 1 Task Force...
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List of Empire ships (R) (redirect from SS Empire Rider)
Roamer. Allocated to the Polish Government and completed in March 1942 as Narwik. On 10 October 1942 she rescued over 1,000 passengers and crew from Orcades...
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