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Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval
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was the 5th
Torpedo Boat Flotilla, consisting of the torpedo boats
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Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The
Deadliest Ships of World War II
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Gironde, and broke out into the Atlantic on 20–21 May.
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was also hit by a torpedo, rolled over, split, and sank. As
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aircraft attacked the German ships. The minesweeper
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916:was sunk by the German ships.
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865:action of 13 May 1942
158:Casualties and losses
79:Stier reaches Gironde
26:Action of 13 May 1942
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169:2 Torpedo Boats sunk
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884:Motor Torpedo Boats
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897:, France.
803:Capture of
566:Bell Island
515:Connecticut
330:Nordseetour
272:River Plate
50:13 May 1942
1229:Categories
1063:References
996:The battle
920:Background
881:Royal Navy
873:Royal Navy
471:Postmaster
403:RheinĂĽbung
172:118 killed
163:1 MTB sunk
1036:Aftermath
978:Raubvogel
773:Stonewall
747:Sept-ĂŽles
700:Black May
603:SG 6/LN 6
259:Gibraltar
237:Caribbean
1030:Boulogne
1022:Seeadler
984:Raubtier
957:Seeadler
910:Seeadler
834:Teardrop
793:Lyme Bay
504:27 March
415:Bismarck
227:Americas
122:Strength
55:Location
31:Part of
1006:MTB 220
927:was an
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895:Gironde
582:Laconia
493:Neuland
387:4 April
116:Germany
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967:, and
961:Kondor
949:Allied
899:Stier
821:BX 141
811:HX 300
752:ON 207
737:SC 143
720:SC 130
715:SC 129
710:HX 237
695:HX 231
680:HX 228
675:SC 121
665:ON 166
660:SC 118
638:ON 154
633:ON 153
628:ON 144
623:SC 107
618:SL 125
613:HX 212
608:SC 104
593:SC 100
576:ON 127
561:ON 122
551:ON 115
546:ON 113
526:6 June
453:HX 156
423:HX 133
397:HX 126
392:OB 318
382:HX 112
377:OB 293
365:HX 106
359:Berlin
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71:Result
1203:Notes
1057:Stier
1053:M 256
1041:Stier
1026:Stier
1018:Iltis
1014:Iltis
1010:Stier
990:Stier
986:class
969:Iltis
965:Falke
953:Stier
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937:Stier
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890:Stier
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805:U-505
727:Faith
705:ONS 5
685:UGS 6
655:SG 19
588:SQ 36
571:QS 33
556:SC 94
541:QS 15
536:SL 78
531:HG 84
521:ON 92
509:OG 82
499:ON 67
487:SC 67
458:HG 76
448:SC 48
443:HG 73
438:SC 42
433:OG 71
428:OG 69
372:HG 53
353:SC 20
348:SC 19
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324:HX 84
319:HX 79
309:HX 72
299:HX 65
289:HX 49
284:HX 47
1186:ISBN
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342:1941
314:SC 7
304:SC 2
278:1940
266:1939
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