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Barents Sea submarine campaign (1941)

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missed with torpedoes the German merchant ship "Altkirch" (4713 GRT): she was subjected to depth charges and damaged by escort. Forced to surface, the submarine engaged in gun battle with the submarine chasers "UJ-1403", "UJ-1416" and "UJ-1708". During the fight, "UJ-1708" was sunk and the other
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The Soviet results achieved from the campaign were modest, despite losing no vessel, the Soviet submarine effort was hampered by the harsh Arctic climate and inexperience, in contrast with the British vessels, which gained more success. The
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lacked the escorts adequately to protect the coastal traffic, which was vital to German army units operating in the far north and was stopped by the British–Soviet campaign. The Germans had to send supplies through the
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to Polyarny. The submarines were to attack the German coastal traffic and by the end of September the Soviet Navy had eleven submarines operating in the same area. The British boats were later relieved by the
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in 1941 was a submarine operation in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea during World War II. It was a combined Soviet and British campaign, with boats departing from
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torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant ship "Richard With" (905 GRT). On 25 September the Soviet submarines
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laid minefields in Mageroysund and Breisund. On the first and third fields sunk respectively:
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torpedoed and sank the German merchant ships "Donau" (2,931 GRT) and "Bahia Laura" (8,561 GRT)
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These mines were responsible for damaging the German minesweeper M-22 on 21 November.
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laid a minefield off the North Cape on 27 October. Between 2 and 12 November,
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torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant ship "Haakon Jarl" (1,482 GRT)
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torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant ship "Vesteraalen"(682 GRT).
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torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant ship "Ottar Jarl" (1459 GRT)
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torpedoed and sank the German merchantman "Ostpreussen" (3,030 GRT)
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torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant ship "Island" (638 GRT).
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Soviet submarine K-23 of the oceanic K class laid minefields in
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damaged the German freighter "Levante" (4,769 GRT) with gunfire
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On these mines was sunk German merchant "Bessheim" (1774 GRT).
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torpedoed and sank the Kriegsmarine submarine chaser UJ-1213/
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of the ocean-going K class laid a minefield on 11 November.
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torpedoed and sank the Norwegian tanker "Vesco" (331 GRT)
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Naval battles of World War II involving the Soviet Union
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to harass German shipping along the Norwegian coast.
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Index

Arctic naval operations of World War II
Eastern Front
World War II

HMS Trident
Barents Sea
Germany
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Anti-submarine forces
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Arctic naval operations of World War II
Weserübung
Narvik
Alphabet
Wilfred
Juno
Claymore
Polyarny
Sportpalast
Rösselsprung
Doppelschlag
Zarin
Wunderland
Cape Pikshuev
Orator

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