HMS Audacity was a British escort carrier of the Second World War and the first of her kind to serve in the Royal Navy. She was originally the German merchant...
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Westergaard Audacity, a 1924 novel by Ben Ames Williams Audacity, a 2017 book by Jonathan Chait HMS Audacity (D10), a British naval vessel MV Audacity, a British...
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construction at the time. However, by 1940 the need had become urgent and HMS Audacity was converted from the captured German merchant ship MV Hannover and...
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Convoy HG 76 (section HMS Audacity)
escort carrier HMS Audacity, which was sunk during the voyage along with a destroyer and two merchant ships. Despite the loss of Audacity, it was regarded...
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3°33′36″N 104°28′42″E / 3.56000°N 104.47833°E / 3.56000; 104.47833 HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that...
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carrier, HMS Audacity, converted and thus named in July 1941. He flew one of the carrier's Grumman Martlets. During his service on board Audacity he shot...
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HMS Repulse was one of two Renown-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Originally laid down as an improved version...
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14-gun sloop that HMS Magnanime captured from France in 1798, Audacieux, was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Audacieux. HMS Audacity Mitchell & Sawyer...
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Martlets went to sea aboard the converted former German merchant vessel HMS Audacity in September 1941 and shot down several Luftwaffe Fw 200 Condor bombers...
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services to points of delivery. In addition, escort carriers such as HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana played an important role in hunter-killer anti-submarine sweeps...
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captured German cargo ship Hannover, entered service as Empire Audacity (later HMS Audacity) in June 1941. The hybrid concept re-emerged early in 1942 when...
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Navy in 1983 HMS E2, ordered as HMS D10, a 1912 British E class submarine HMS Audacity (D10), a 1941 British Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Intrepid (D10)...
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carrier HMS Argus (I49) HMS Hermes (95) HMS Unicorn (I72) 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) HMS Audacity HMS Archer (D78) Avenger-class...
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HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland), with the...
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U-131 18 Dec: U-434 19 Dec: HMS Neptune, HNLMS O 20, HMS Stanley, U-574 20 Dec: Emidio, HMS Kandahar 21 Dec: HMS Audacity, HMS Cicala, HNLMS K XVII, U-451...
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the rank of Chief Dog, equivalent to Chief Petty Officer MV Sinbad or HMS Audacity 41488 Sindbad, an asteroid Simbad (disambiguation) Sindbad-Nameh Szindbád...
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a US Navy cruiser. Seaplanes and seaplane tender support ships, such as HMS Engadine, followed. The development of flat top vessels produced the first...
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HMS Neptune was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. Neptune was the fourth ship of its class and was the...
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Atlantic Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II (section Loss of HMS Ark Royal (Nov 1941))
merchant ship into what was to become Britain's first escort carrier, HMS Audacity, for protecting shipping against U-boat attacks. She carried six operational...
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Kriegsmarine were the sinking of the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous and the British battleship HMS Royal Oak and the loss of Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle...
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artifacts USS Texas, the only extant WWI-era US Navy battleship remaining HMS Royal Oak, another battleship sunk in harbor by a surprise attack and now...
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U-131 18 Dec: U-434 19 Dec: HMS Neptune, HNLMS O 20, HMS Stanley, U-574 20 Dec: Emidio, HMS Kandahar 21 Dec: HMS Audacity, HMS Cicala, HNLMS K XVII, U-451...
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U-131 18 Dec: U-434 19 Dec: HMS Neptune, HNLMS O 20, HMS Stanley, U-574 20 Dec: Emidio, HMS Kandahar 21 Dec: HMS Audacity, HMS Cicala, HNLMS K XVII, U-451...
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HMS Stork (L81) was a Bittern-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was active during the Second World War, serving in convoy escort groups, and was a successful...
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Convoy OG 74 comprised 27 ships with an escort of the escort carrier, HMS Audacity, a sloop and five corvettes. The convoy was shadowed until the night...
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USS McCalla (DD-253) (redirect from HMS Stanley (I73))
destroyer in the United States Navy. She transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Stanley (I73) during World War II. Named for Bowman H. McCalla, she was laid...
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U-131 18 Dec: U-434 19 Dec: HMS Neptune, HNLMS O 20, HMS Stanley, U-574 20 Dec: Emidio, HMS Kandahar 21 Dec: HMS Audacity, HMS Cicala, HNLMS K XVII, U-451...
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seven patrols with the 7th U-boat Flotilla, sinking the escort carrier HMS Audacity. The U-boat was attacked with depth charges from aircraft on 17 July...
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Frederic John Walker, reinforced by the first of the new escort carriers, HMS Audacity, and three destroyers from Gibraltar. The convoy was immediately intercepted...
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torpedoed by U-boats in October 1941. HG 76 lost the first escort carrier HMS Audacity in December 1941. OG 82 escorts sank U-252 without losing any ships....
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