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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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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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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convoy SL 126 sailed from Freetown on 12 March 1943. Convoy SL 128 merged with convoy MKS 12 off Gibraltar in April 1943 to be designated SL 128/MKS 12...
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Bazely, and destroyed. On 27 November the Weddigen boats intercepted convoy SL 140/MKS 31, and attacked it over the next five days, though without success...
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I-34 18–21 November Convoy SL 139/MKS 30 – 1 ship and 3 U-boats sunk 24 November-5 December Convoy SL 140/MKS 31 – Allied convoy defends against attacking...
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MKS 12 sailed from Bône on 22 April 1943 and merged with convoy SL 128 to be designated SL 128/MKS 12. All subsequent MKS convoys merged with an SL convoy...
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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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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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Second Happy Time (section US convoys arrive)
belated institution of a convoy system was in large part due to a severe shortage of suitable escort vessels, without which convoys were seen as actually...
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in locating Convoy SL 140/MKS 31, but the interception was a failure. In October 1943, cooperation against Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 and MKS 29 failed—one...
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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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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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problems resulted in friendly fire injuries during the exercise, and an Allied convoy positioning itself for the landing was attacked by E-boats of Nazi Germany's...
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support of SL 140/MKS 31, Starling attacked and damaged U-843, forcing it to abandon its attack. In January 1944, supporting convoy SL 147/MKS 38, Starling...
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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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feet (140 m) was needed for safe take-offs and landings and a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). to provide a sufficient margin over convoy speeds...
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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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series of major convoy battles, first around convoys Convoy HX 228, Convoy SC 121, and Convoy UGS 6; then followed the battle for Convoy HX 229/Concoy SC...
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Rheinübung where the attempt of two German ships to disrupt the Atlantic Convoys to the United Kingdom failed with the scuttling of the Bismarck. The last...
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Luftwaffe. The battle with Convoys ONS 20/ON 206 in the same month was a comprehensive defeat. A fourth major battle, Convoy SL 138/MKS 28, developed in the...
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56.100; -9.000 as part of Operation Deadlight on 2 February 1946. Convoy SL 140/MKS 31 Merchant ship tonnages are in gross register tons. Military vessels...
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Convoy ON 154 - also ON(S) 154 or ONS 154 - was a North Atlantic convoy of the ON series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II....
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Convoy ON 127 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 127th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the...
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Convoy SC 107 was the 107th 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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2014. "Convoy SL.153". Convoyweb. Retrieved 14 January 2014. "Convoy MKS.44". Convoyweb. Retrieved 14 January 2014. "Convoy FS.1424 = Convoy FS.24 /...
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Battle of the Atlantic (category North Atlantic convoys of World War II)
Royal Canadian Navy, United States Navy, and Allied merchant shipping. Convoys, coming mainly from North America and predominantly going to the United...
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ONS 18 and ON 202 were North Atlantic convoys of the ONS/ON series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. They were the subject...
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SS Yoma (section Convoy GTX 2 and loss)
Arnold. "Convoy SL.39". SL/MKS Convoy Series. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 19 August 2013. Hague, Arnold. "Convoy OB.204". OB Convoy Series. Don...
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2011. "Convoy SL.140/MKS.31". Convoyweb. Retrieved 21 April 2011. "Convoy WN.515". Convoyweb. Retrieved 21 April 2011. "Convoy FS.1296 = Convoy FS.96 /...
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