USS Intensity (ex-HMS Milfoil), in 1943. |
 | General characteristics | | Displacement: | 940 tons (980 tons revised) | | Length: | 205 ft (208 ft revised) | | Beam: | 33 ft | | Draught: | 11.5 ft | | Propulsion: | 2 fire tube boilers, one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine | | Speed: | 16 knots at 2,750 hp | | Range: | 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) | | Complement: | 85 men (revised - 109 men ) | | Armament: | 1939–1941
Revised 1941–1944 USS Intensity (PG-93), a Flower class corvette, mid-1943. ...
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| The Flower class corvettes were a class of 267 corvettes developed by the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy specifically for the protection of shipping convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) in World War II. They were a stop-gap measure in the war against the German U-boats: small ships that could be produced quickly and cheaply in large numbers. Despite being initially intended for coastal convoys, their long range meant that they became the mainstay of convoy protection in the first half of the war. After the war the Flowers were sold off and served around the world from the Israeli Navy to the Chilean Navy. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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The name "corvette" originally referred to the 19th century sloop-of-war, a small screw warship with a similar shipping-protection role. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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There are two different vessels in the Flower class. The first vessels from the 1939 and 1940 programmes were followed by another 64 ships launched from 1940 onwards which were slightly larger and better armed; this subclass is sometimes called the "revised Flower class". The revised Flowers of the United States Navy are also known as Action-class gunboats with the "PG" hull classification symbol. USN redirects here. ...
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Design and construction
The design of the Flower class was derived from that of a whale catcher, the Southern Pride of Smiths Dock Company of Middlesbrough. Originally intended for coastal convoy protection, nevertheless they soon found themselves in the role of ocean escort. They were a stop-gap measure to take the strain of convoy protection until large numbers of larger vessels — destroyers and frigates — could be produced. Their simple design using parts common to merchant shipping meant they could be constructed in small commercial shipyards all over the United Kingdom and eastern Canada where larger ships like destroyers could not be built. Additionally, the use of commercial machinery meant that the largely reserve and volunteer crews that manned them were familiar with their operation. A whale catcher is a specialized kind of ship, designed for catching whales. ...
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Corvettes were slow and lightly armed, intended solely for anti-submarine warfare (though many Canadian Flowers were adapted for minesweeping and the revised Flowers had limited anti-aircraft capability). Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older forms A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. ...
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The early Flowers had the standard Royal Navy layout of a raised forecastle, a well deck then the bridge and a continuous deck running aft. Later Flowers had the forecastle extended aft past the bridge to the aft end of the funnel, a variation that was known as the "long forecastle" design. Apart from providing a very useful space where the whole crew could gather out of the weather, the added weight improved the ships' stability and speed and was retrospectively applied to a number of the earlier build. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
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Originally the mast was immediately in front of the bridge, a notable exception to naval practice. It was moved in the long forecastle types to the normal position of immediately behind the bridge, however this does not seem to have been done in all of the conversions. A cruiser stern finished the appearance. mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
The United Kingdom built 145 Flower class corvettes from 1939. A large number (120 reported by one source) were also built by Canadian shipyards. The Canadian design had detail variations. Canadian Flowers had the bandstand, where the aft pom-pom gun was mounted moved to the rear of the superstructure. And they had the galley moved somewhat forward to just abaft the engine room.
Corvette armament The original corvette design provided for a naval 4" gun on the bow, ASDIC, depth charge racks carrying 40 charges on the stern, a minesweeping winch and a 2-pounder pom-pom on a bandstand over the engine room.
Due to initial shortages a pair of Lewis guns was sometimes substituted for the pom-pom, which would have left the ship very vulnerable to aircraft attack in its envisaged role of North Sea patrol. However, fighter-bombers were rarely encountered on Atlantic duty. Mediteranean ships usually had uprated anti-aircraft capability.
Detection capability was provided by a fixed ASDIC dome (later retractable). Later a High Frequency radio Detection Finder (Huff-Duff) was added, and various radars, eventually the type 271 centimetric radar, which proved particularly effective in low-visibility Atlantic actions. The F70 type frigates (here, Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other watercraft. ...
High Frequency Direction Finder is usually known by its acronym HF/DF, pronounced Huff-Duff. ...
Though originally designed for inshore patrol and harbour anti-submarine defence, the Flowers were deployed as Atlantic escorts, and were modified as required for this service. Since the ships were able to be supported by any small dockyard, individual ships would have had a variety of different weapons and design fits at different times, depending on when and where they refitted, and there is really no such thing as a 'standard Flower'. A few of the major changes which many ships underwent are indicated below, in a typical chronological order:
- Original twin mast configuration changed to single mast in front of bridge, then moved behind bridge for better visibility.
- Minesweeping gear removed.
- Galley resited from stern to midships.
- Extra depth-charge storage racks fitted at stern. Later more depth-charges stored along walkways.
- Two or four spigot mortar depth-charge projectors fitted to enable remote attacks while keeping ASDIC contact.
- Radar fitted in 'lantern' housing on bridge.
- Forecastle lengthened to midships to provide more accommodation and better seaworthiness. Several were given a 'three-quarters' length extension.
- Various changes to the bridge, typically lowering and lengthening it. Enclosed compass house removed.
- Extra twin Lewis guns mounted on bridge or engine room roof.
- Oerlikon 20mm cannons fitted - usually two on bridge wings but sometimes as many as six spread out along engine-room roof, depending on theatre of operations.
- 'Hedgehog' forward depth-charge projector fitted.
Note that any particular ship may have had any mix of these (including none), in any order, or other specialist one-off modifications. Ships allocated to other navies such as Canada or the US would have had different armament and deck layouts again, making this class one of the most variable in the RN.
One particular difference between British and other navy's Flowers was the provision of uprated ASDIC and Radar. The British held the world lead in these technologies, and as a result British-equipped Flowers could be much more effective. A good example of this is the difficulty Canadian Flowers had in intercepting U-Boats with their Canadian-designed SW1C metric radar while the British were using Type 271 centimetric sets.
Operation Flowers were used extensively by the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) and elsewhere. Many were constructed for or transferred to other navies, including the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Hellenic Navy, the Free French and French Navy, the Royal Norwegian Navy, the Indian Navy and United States Navy during and after the war. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
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Free French Forces under review during the Battle of Normandy. ...
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The Royal Navy Flower-class corvettes were officered and crewed by members of the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). The captains were largely from the merchant navy. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
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Service on corvettes was cold, wet, monotonous and uncomfortable. The ships were nicknamed "the pekingese of the ocean". They had a reputation of being very bad at rolling in heavy seas, with 80-degree rolls (that is, 40 degrees each side of the normal upright position) being fairly common - according to Nicholas Monsarrat they "would roll on wet grass" - however, they were very seaworthy ships. Pekingese or Pekinese is an ancient breed of toy dog, originating in China. ...
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Flower corvettes provided the main escort duties during the critical Battle of the Atlantic, and so were in the thick of the fight. Their primary aim was to ensure that merchantmen survived the crossing rather than sink U-boats, and so if a convoy encountered a U-boat a typical action would involve the corvette forcing the submarine to dive (thus limiting its speed and manoeverability) and keeping it underwater (and pre-occupied with avoiding depth charge attack) long enough for the convey to pass unmolested. This tactic was stretched to the limits when the U-boats made a 'wolf-pack' attack, intended to swamp the convoy's defences, and the Flower's low top speed made effective pursuit of a surfaced U-boat impossible.
Radar, Huff-Duff radio direction finding, depth-charge projectors and ASDIC meant that the Flower was well equipped to detect and defend, but lack of speed meant that they were not so capable of joining the more glamorous fast hunter-killer surface groups which were in place by the end of the war. Success for a Flower, therefore, should be measured in terms of tonnage protected rather than U-Boats sunk. Typical reports of convoy actions by these craft include numerous instances of U-Boat detection near a convoy, short engagement with gun or depth-charge, followed by a rapid return to station as another U-Boat takes advantage of the fight to attack the unguarded convoy. Continuous actions of this kind against a numerically superior U-Boat pack demanded considerable seamanship skills from all concerned, and were very wearing on the crew. This long range RADAR antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. RADAR is a system that uses radio waves to determine and map the location, direction, and/or speed...
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35 were lost at sea, of which 22 were torpedoed by U-boats, and 4 sunk by mines. It is thought that Flowers participated in the sinking of 47 U-boats and 4 Italian submarines. (Tables of both sets of sinkings appear below.)
Construction of Flower-class corvettes was superseded toward the end of the war; larger shipyards concentrated on River-class frigates and smaller yards on the improved Castle class corvettes. However, nearly half of the Allied escort vessels belonged to the Flower class. The River class frigates were 151 frigates launched in 1941–1944. ...
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The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943. ...
German Flowers Four Flower-class corvettes under construction for the French Navy at Saint-Nazaire were captured by Germany after the battle of France. Construction was continued and they were launched in 1943–1944 as PA-1 to PA-4. One was sunk as a blockship and the other three were put out of action or sunk by Allied bombing. The French Navy, officially called the National Navy (French: Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military. ...
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After the war Corvettes were among the first ships to be sold or scrapped after the war. The Flowers had seen years of hard service in the Atlantic and had been made obsolete by the larger frigates and destroyers. 32 were sold on to the navies of Chile, the Dominican Republic, Greece, India, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, and Venezuela where some served, typically as coastal patrol vessels, until the 1970s. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
110 went into commercial use as freighters, smugglers, tugs, weather ships, and whalers. The remainder were scrapped. Of particular interest is the story of HMCS Sudbury, built in Ontario in 1941. After WW2 ended she was converted to a towboat and Harold Elworthy, owner of Island Tug & Barge bought her in 1954. The Sudbury and her crew specialized in deep-sea salvage and completed many dramatic operations, but made their reputation in November/December 1955 when they pulled off the daring North Pacific rescue of the Greek freighter Makedonia.
The Sudbury towed the disabled vessel for 40 days through some of the roughest weather imaginable before arriving safely into Vancouver to a hero's welcome. The incident made headlines around the world and for the next decade the Sudbury and her 65-meter sister ship Sudbury II, purchased by Island Tug in 1958 were the most famous tugs on the Pacific coast.
Two Canadian Flowers that had been sold as freighters were bought in 1946 by the Mossad Le'Aliya bet, a Jewish organization in Quebec that smuggled Jewish survivors of the Holocaust into Palestine. The corvettes sailed in the summer of 1946 but were intercepted by the destroyer HMS Venus and they and their passengers were interned in Palestine. After Israel became independent in 1948 these ships were commissioned into the Israeli Navy as Hashomer ("guard") and Hagana ("defence"). HMS Venus (R50) was an V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F50. ...
The Flowers were disposed of so quickly that in 1950 the Royal Navy could not supply one to play Compass Rose in the film of Nicholas Monsarrat's novel The Cruel Sea. Kriezis of the Royal Hellenic Navy (formerly HMS Coreopsis) played the role before she too was scrapped. Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat (1910–1979) was a UK novelist best known today for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951). ...
The cover of the UK 1956 paperback edition of: The Cruel Sea The Cruel Sea is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. ...
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The only known surviving Flower, HMCS Sackville, has been restored to her wartime appearance, and is now a museum ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of the ports where Atlantic convoys assembled during the war. USS Intensitry at sea -- a Flower class corvette, like HMCS Sackville, in American service HMCS Sackville (K181) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy. ...
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Literature Life in corvettes has been recorded by several authors. Nicholas Monsarrat wrote a well-known fictionalised account in his novel The Cruel Sea which was filmed starring Jack Hawkins. Three Corvettes, a less well known volume by the same author is a collection of wartime essays of his personal experiences as a corvette officer although only the first part deals with Atlantic convoys. Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat (1910–1979) was a UK novelist best known today for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951). ...
The cover of the UK 1956 paperback edition of: The Cruel Sea The Cruel Sea is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. ...
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Escort by Derek Rayner is another first-hand account. Notable for being written by an officer who served afloat and in command almost throughout the war.
The Corvette Navy by James B. Lamb is a fine account of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II.
Yankee R N by Alex H. Cherry. Being The Story Of A Wall Street Banker Who Volunteered For Active Duty In The Royal Navy.
Storm Below by Hugh Garner (Toronto, 1949, William Collins and Sons) The first published novel by Garner, who served on corvettes in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. Detailed account of the ship and the stresses of shipboard life. Hugh Garner (1913-1979) was a Canadian novelist. ...
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Flowers sunk by U-boats HMS Picotee was a Flower-class Corvette of the British Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. ...
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HMS Gladiolus (K34) was the first of 225 Flower-class corvettes built during World War II. She was laid down at Smiths Dock on the River Tees in the United Kingdom, on October 19, 1939, launched on 24 January 1940, and commissioned on April 6, 1940. ...
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HMCS ALBERNI. K-103 A flower class Corvette, built in Esquimalt British Columbia and commissioned 4 February 1941. ...
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Submarines sunk, destroyed, or captured by Flowers - U-26 was sunk by HMS Gladiolus on 1940-07-01
- Italian submarine Nani was sunk by HMS Anemone on 1941-01-07
- U-70 was sunk by HMS Camellia and HMS Arbutus on 1941-03-07
- U-110 was captured on 1941-05-09 by the destroyers HMS Bulldog and HMS Broadway and the corvette HMS Aubretia. U-110 was sunk the next day to preserve the secret.
- U-147 was sunk by the destroyer HMS Wanderer and HMS Periwinkle on 1941-06-02
- U-556 was sunk by HMS Nasturtium, HMS Celandine, and HMS Gladiolus on 1941-06-17
- U-651 was sunk by the destroyers HMS Malcolm, HMS Scimitar, the corvettes HMS Arabis and HMS Violet, and the minesweeper HMS Speedwell on 1941-06-29
- U-401 was sunk by the destroyers HMS Wanderer and HNoMS St. Albans and the corvette HMS Hydrangea on 1941-08-03
- U-501 was sunk by HMCS Chambly and HMCS Moosejaw on 1941-09-10
- Italian submarine Fisalia was sunk by HMS Hyacinth on 1941-09-28
- U-204 was sunk by HMS Mallow and the sloop HMS Rochester on 1941-10-19
- U-433 was sunk by HMS Marigold on 1941-11-16
- U-131 was sunk by the destroyers HMS Exmoor, HMS Blankney, HMS Stanley, the corvette HMS Pentstemon, the sloop HMS Stork, and a Martlet aircraft from HMS Audacity on 1941-12-17
- U-567 was sunk by the sloop HMS Deptford and HMS Samphire on 1941-12-21
- U-356 was sunk by the destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, HMCS Chilliwack, HMCS Battleford and HMCS Napanee on 1942-12-27
- U-756 was sunk by HMCS Morden on 1942-09-01
- U-94 was sunk by an American Catalina seaplane and HMCS Oakville on 1942-08-28
- U-588 was sunk by HMCS Wetaskiwin and the destroyer HMCS Skeena on 1942-07-31
- U-379 was sunk by HMS Dianthus on 1942-08-08
- Italian submarine Perla was captured by HMS Hyacinth on 1942-07-09
- U-660 was scuttled after being damaged by HMS Lotus and HMS Starwort on 1942-11-12
- U-124 was sunk by HMS Stonecrop and the sloop HMS Black Swan on 1942-04-02
- U-82 was sunk by the sloop HMS Rochester and HMS Tamarisk on 1942-02-06
- U-252 was sunk by the sloop HMS Stork and HMS Vetch on 1942-04-14
- U-432 was sunk by the Free French Aconit on 1943-03-11
- U-444 was sunk by the destroyer HMS Harvester and the Free French Aconit on 1943-03-11
- U-609 was sunk by the Free French Lobelia on 1943-02-07
- U-536 was sunk by the frigate HMS Nene, HMCS Snowberry and HMCS Calgary on 1943-11-20
- U-753 was sunk by HMCS Drumheller, the frigate HMS Lagan, and a Canadian Sunderland seaplane on 1943-05-13
- Italian submarine Tritone was sunk by HMCS Port Arthur and the destroyer HMS Antelope on 1943-01-19
- U-163 was sunk by HMCS Prescott on 1943-03-13
- Italian submarine Avorio was sunk by HMCS Regina on 1943-02-08
- U-87 was sunk by HMCS Shediac and the destroyer HMCS St. Croix on 1943-03-04
- U-224 was sunk by HMCS Ville de Quebec on 1943-01-13
- U-135 was sunk by the sloop HMS Rochester, the corvettes HMS Mignonette and HMS Balsam, and an American PBY Catalina aircraft on 1943-07-15
- U-306 was sunk by the destroyer HMS Whitehall and HMS Geranium on 1943-10-31
- U-617 was destroyed while grounded by HMS Hyacinth and the minesweeper HMAS Wollongong on 1943-09-12
- U-436 was sunk by the frigate HMS Test and HMS Hyderabad on 1943-05-26
- U-192 was sunk by HMS Loosestrife on 1943-05-06
- U-125 was sunk by the destroyer HMS Oribi and HMS Snowflake on 1943-05-06
- U-634 was sunk by the sloop HMS Stork and HMS Stonecrop on 1943-08-30
- U-638 was sunk by HMS Sunflower on 1943-05-05
- U-631 was sunk by HMS Sunflower on 1943-10-17
- U-282 was sunk by the destroyers HMS Vidette and HMS Duncan and the corvette HMS Sunflower on 1943-10-29
- U-414 was sunk by HMS Vetch. on 1943-05-25
- U-523 was sunk by the destroyer HMS Wanderer and HMS Wallflower on 1943-08-25
- U-757 was sunk by the frigate HMS Bayntun and HMCS Camrose on 1944-01-08
- U-744 was sunk by the destroyers HMS Icarus, HMCS Chaudiere, HMCS Gatineau, the frigate HMCS St. Catharines, and the corvettes HMCS Fennel, HMCS Chilliwack, and HMS Kenilworth Castle on 1944-03-06
- U-741 was sunk by HMS Orchis on 1944-08-15
- U-641 was sunk by HMS Violet on 1944-01-19
- U-845 was sunk by the destroyers HMS Forester and HMCS St. Laurent, the corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the frigate HMCS Swansea on 1944-03-10
- U-1199 was sunk by the destroyer HMS Icarus and HMS Mignonette on 1945-01-21
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HMS Bulldog was a British Navy destroyer in World War II which made the first capture of a complete Enigma machine from the German submarine U110 on 9 May 1941. ...
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June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ...
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For other ships with the same name see HMS Malcolm. ...
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November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
Unterseeboot 131 was a U-boat of the Nazi Kriegsmarine. ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with HMS Samphire (K128). ...
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PBY Catalina was the United States Navy designation for an American and Canadian-built flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s. ...
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HMCS Skeena D59) was a A class destroyer and one of 14 River Class (DD) destroyer built for the RCN. She was commissioned on June 10, 1931 and served her career in World War II. She was lost in a wreck off Iceland in 1944. ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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German WWI U-boat U-135 Unterseeboot 135 (U-135) The U-136 was a Type UE 2 U-boat of the Kaiserliche Marine during WW I. In November 1918, U-135 was ordered to help put down the German Navy mutiny. ...
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Unterseeboot 192 (usually abbreviated to U-192) was a very short-lived German submarine built during World War II for service in the Second Battle of the Atlantic. ...
1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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Unterseebooot 125 was a Type IXC U-boat of the Nazi Kriegsmarine. ...
1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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HMS Vidette (D48) was a V-class destroyer of Britains Royal Navy built around 1920. ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS Icarus (D03) was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 9 March 1936, launched on 26 November 1936 and commissioned on 1 May 1937. ...
This article is about the WWII-era River-class destroyer, for the Cold War-era Restigouche-class destroyer escort see HMCS Chaudière (DDE 235) HMCS Chaudière (I) was the name of a H-class destroyer which was commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy for use in the North...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
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1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ...
HMS Icarus (D03) was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 9 March 1936, launched on 26 November 1936 and commissioned on 1 May 1937. ...
1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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