Altmark was a German oil tanker and supply vessel, one of five of a class built between 1937 and 1939. She is best known for her support of the German...
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and the German tanker Altmark, which happened on 16–17 February 1940. It took place in what were neutral Norwegian waters. On board the Altmark were roughly...
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See German tanker Altmark for the ship named after Altmark and Stary Targ for the Polish village named Altmark in German. The Altmark (English: Old March)...
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anti-aircraft guns, which were installed on the tanker. On 11 September, while still transferring supplies from Altmark, Admiral Graf Spee's Arado floatplane spotted...
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commanded by Captain Philip Vian, she pursued and then boarded the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian waters in a daring attack to rescue around...
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In retaliation for the Altmark Incident where the Royal Navy liberated captured British sailors from the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian waters...
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Countries. 16 February — World War II: Altmark Incident: The British destroyer HMS Cossack pursues the German tanker Altmark into Jøssingfjord in southwestern...
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Incident where the Royal Navy seized captured British sailors from the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian waters on 16 February, the Kriegsmarine organized...
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of iron ore to Germany is a prime motivation for the plan. 16: The British destroyer HMS Cossack intercepts the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian...
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HMS Ark Royal (91) (category Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II)
October, aircraft from Ark Royal spotted the German tanker Altmark, which supplied Graf Spee. The tanker was disguised as the US vessel Delmar, which...
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United States patent for nylon. 1940 – World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack...
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prisoners taken by the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee from the German tanker Altmark. After this incident in the Jøssingfjorden, the term Jøssing came...
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HMS Seal (N37) (redirect from German submarine U-B)
assigned to take part in the hunt for the German tanker Altmark. However Seal played no part in the Altmark incident. Admiral Horton met Seal on one of...
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de-Stalinization. February 16 – WWII: Altmark incident: British destroyer HMS Cossack pursues German tanker Altmark into the neutral waters of Jøssingfjord...
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Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940 (category German documentary films)
invaded Norwegian waters to attack the German tanker Altmark and release prisoners held there by the Germans, it signalled an escalation of the growing...
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Incident where the Royal Navy seized captured British sailors from the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian waters on 16 February, the Kriegsmarine organized...
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In retaliation for the Altmark Incident where the Royal Navy seized captured British sailors from the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian waters...
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In retaliation for the Altmark Incident where the Royal Navy seized captured British sailors from the German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwegian waters...
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Norwegian campaign (redirect from German invasion of Norway)
boarding the German auxiliary ship Altmark in the Jøssingfjord. Altmark had spent the prior months as a fleet oiler turned prison ship for the German cruiser...
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the survivors of the auxiliary cruiser Thor and the German tanker Uckermark, the former Altmark, which had been destroyed in an accident in Yokohama...
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ships of the Imperial German Navy List of Kriegsmarine ships List of German Federal Navy ships List of German Navy ships List of German Navy ship classes...
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Phoney War (category Military articles needing translation from German Wikipedia)
Admiral Graf Spee, the tanker Altmark was captured by the Royal Navy in February 1940 in southern Norway. (See: Battles of Narvik, Altmark Incident.) On 19 February...
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HMS Cossack (F03) (category Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II)
held aboard the supply ship Altmark, and the death of eight crew members of the German ship. In the incident the German tanker rammed her with the stern...
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Atlantic to search for the German tanker Altmark, which had been supplying the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. Altmark, carrying prisoners taken from...
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RFA Olna (A216) (category Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary)
Mediterranean fleet, Olna was used in the making of the film Battle of the River Plate to depict the German supply ship Altmark. RFA Olna at RFA Ships v t e...
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HNoMS Garm (1913) (category Ships sunk by German aircraft)
Navy warship to search the German tanker and POW ship Altmark after she entered Norwegian territorial waters up until the Altmark Incident. Garm transported...
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Altmark incident: Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cossack (F03) pursues German tanker Altmark into the neutral waters of Jøssingfjord in southwestern Norway and frees...
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Hitler made his final decision after the Altmark Incident, in which the British Royal Navy boarded a German tanker in Norwegian waters to release Allied...
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Operation Nordmark (category Articles containing German-language text)
1940. The sortie was intended as a riposte to the Altmark incident, to create confusion to help German blockade-runners reach home and as a prelude to more...
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MS Africa Shell (category Oil tankers)
and out into the open ocean where she rendezvoused with her supply ship Altmark on September 1 at a position southwest of the Canary Islands. For the next...
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