ONS 5 was the 5th of the numbered ONS series of Slow trade convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. The North Atlantic battle surrounding...
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The ON and later ONS convoys were a series of North Atlantic trade convoys running Outbound from the British Isles to North America during the Atlantic...
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This is the order of battle during the battles around Convoy ONS 5 from 29 April to 6 May 1943. Clay Blair: Hitler's U-Boat War The Hunted 1942–1945 (1998)...
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1992, p. 184. Hague 2000a, p. 189. Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992, p. 183. "Convoy ONS 154". J. Gordon Mumford. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011...
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Convoy ON 154 (alternatively ON(S) 154 or ONS 154) was a North Atlantic convoy of the ON convoys which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in the Second...
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cent of the operational U-boats. The month opened with the battle for Convoy ONS 5, which was costly for both sides: 13 merchant ships and six U-boats....
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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 of...
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Wolfpack Hecht (section From convoy ONS 92)
on 18 June, U-124 fired two spreads of two torpedoes at three ships of Convoy ONS 102, en route from Murmansk to New York. One torpedo struck the 5,627-ton...
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ONS 20 and ON 206 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 of...
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Unterseeboote), was convinced the UK and its convoys could be defeated by new tactics, and tried to focus on convoy battles. Though U-boat tactics initially...
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Battle of the Atlantic (category North Atlantic convoys of World War II)
Arm (U-Bootwaffe). The turning point was the battle centred on slow convoy ONS 5 (April–May 1943). Made up of 43 merchantmen escorted by 16 warships,...
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revealed a boat's location, especially after aircraft became available for convoy escort. The Type XXI was also equipped with an additional pair of electric...
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attack of the world wars sinks 22 ships from Convoys HX 229/SC 122. 1943, April 29 – May 6 – Convoy ONS 5 is the last major North Atlantic wolfpack attack...
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The wolfpack was a convoy attack tactic employed in the Second World War. It was used principally by the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle...
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countermeasure against the U-boats that were harassing its sea-lanes. Convoys, which had proved effective in earlier times (and would again prove effective...
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1942, and the first confirmed kill was the German submarine U-502, sunk on 5 July 1942 by a Vickers Wellington of 172 Squadron, piloted by American Wiley...
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climax with the battles of Convoy ONS 5, Convoy SC 129, Convoy SC 130. Throughout the battles only two ships were sunk in convoy in the Atlantic while an...
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Vorwärts Weddigen West Wolf Major engagements Convoy SC 7 Convoy PQ 17 Battle of the St. Lawrence Convoy ONS 5 Black May Bismarck chase U-boat flotillas Capital...
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(16 November 2021). "World War II: Japan's Disinterest in Merchant Ship Convoying". Ronzitti, Natalino (1988). The Law of Naval Warfare: A Collection of...
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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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Vorwärts Weddigen West Wolf Major engagements Convoy SC 7 Convoy PQ 17 Battle of the St. Lawrence Convoy ONS 5 Black May Bismarck chase U-boat flotillas Capital...
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a convoy off Berwick, Northumberland, and sank the coaster Egholm on 25 February. U-2321, operating from the same base, sank the coaster Gasray on 5 April...
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U-boats in the two World Wars based on total tonnage. This list contains the 5 most successful German U-boats during the First World War based on total tonnage...
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off Norway, the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and the Malta Convoys. Ark Royal survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky...
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(159 ft 2 in), a beam of 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in), a height of 11.70 m (38 ft 5 in), and a draught of 6.51 m (21 ft 4 in). The submarines were powered by...
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U-boat would have been similar to the Type IA, but with a hull lengthened by 7.5 m, and a total displacement of 970 tons. The Type III U-boat was planned to...
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Vorwärts Weddigen West Wolf Major engagements Convoy SC 7 Convoy PQ 17 Battle of the St. Lawrence Convoy ONS 5 Black May Bismarck chase U-boat flotillas Capital...
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Retrieved 31 August 2009. "Kurt Dobratz", uboat.net Arnold Hague : The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945 (2000). ISBN 1-55125-033-0 (Canada); ISBN 1-86176-147-3...
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through 14 were built; and between February and June 1942, pens 1 through 5. Work was eventually completed by the building of a tower. Between late 1943...
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cruisers to raid the British convoys to Norway; this forced the British to deploy capital ships to protect the convoys. In April 1918, the German fleet...
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