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... Commodore being picked up by an escort - and the Master of another ship was acting as Commodore of the convoy . They had still some distance to go before they were out of the danger zone , so it was up to us to move fast . Luckily , the ...
... Commodore being picked up by an escort - and the Master of another ship was acting as Commodore of the convoy . They had still some distance to go before they were out of the danger zone , so it was up to us to move fast . Luckily , the ...
Page 67
... Commodore . The convoy had been attacked , three ships had been torpedoed , and help was urgently needed . The U - boats must have waited for our departure and then attacked , secure in the knowledge that the convoy was undefended . We ...
... Commodore . The convoy had been attacked , three ships had been torpedoed , and help was urgently needed . The U - boats must have waited for our departure and then attacked , secure in the knowledge that the convoy was undefended . We ...
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... Commodore's ship , the fine - looking Blue Funnel liner Tyndareus , in order to exchange papers and discuss the situation . The Commodore , Admiral Sir Charles Ramsey , who had been my Commander - in - Chief at Rosyth earlier in the war ...
... Commodore's ship , the fine - looking Blue Funnel liner Tyndareus , in order to exchange papers and discuss the situation . The Commodore , Admiral Sir Charles Ramsey , who had been my Commander - in - Chief at Rosyth earlier in the war ...
Contents
East Coast Convoy I | 11 |
Norway and Narvik II | 10 |
Invasion Season | 34 |
Copyright | |
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able Admiralty ahead aircraft alongside arrived asdic ashore astern Atlantic attack battle boat boilers bomb bridge Captain close Coastal Command Commodore convoy system corvettes course crew cruiser damage depth-charges destroyers detected dived Doenitz Duncan enemy engine room Escort Group exercises fire fjord fleet Fleet Air Arm flotilla forrard fuel fuelling German H/F D/F harbour high speed Home Fleet hydrophones Iceland Londonderry lucky mess decks miles missed Narvik naval navy never Newfoundland night Norwegian campaign operation pack passage passed picked port radar radio rejoin repair result Rosyth Sabre sailing sailors Scapa Flow screen seemed Senior Officer sent ship's company sighted signal sinking soon spent starboard steam submarine Sunflower sunk support group surface survivors Swordfish tanker took torpedoes trawlers turned U-boats Vidette Warspite watch Western Approaches Command Wolverine