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for Jan Mayen, where an automatic weather station was to be established. This was completed on 29 October and the two ship departed from Jan Mayen on 15 November.
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and was commissioned on 18 September. She had a crew of fifteen, plus five meteorologists. From 18 September to 23 November, she was employed on a mission to the
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on 27 August. The ship was disguised in an attempt to make her look like sea ice. In the spring of 1943, the
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was scuttled on 17 June 1943 in Hansa Bay. Her crew were evacuated by a
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182:Fishing registration HC 214 (1929–40)
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16:For other ships with the same name, see
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218:Code Letters DICM (1934-40)
185:Code Letters RHJP (1929–34)
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676:Lloyd's of London (1933).
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704:"Arctic Weather Warriors"
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269:General characteristics
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342:Single screw propeller
282:Weather ship (1940–43)
522:Slædepatruljen Sirius
440:was built in 1929 as
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601:Miramar Ship Index
511:was later renamed
502:WBS 4 Fritz Homann
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331:Diesel engine, 183
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906:USCGC
776:John Morgan
710:22 February
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631:. Warcovers
606:22 February
575:22 February
542:flying boat
442:yard number
425:, 106
403:four stroke
397:Description
296:, 106
145:Yard number
1260:1929 ships
1254:Categories
878:HMAS
759:Shipwrecks
548:References
450:WesermĂĽnde
347:Complement
339:Propulsion
18:FV Sachsen
1241:July 1943
1183:USS
1172:USS
1167:Abbeydale
1144:USS
1116:USS
1109:HMS
1098:USS
1091:USS
1080:USS
1031:USS
1024:USS
995:Barbarigo
889:USS
823:USS
489:Jan Mayen
292:284
164:July 1929
161:Completed
156:June 1929
130:(1940–43)
77:(1933–43)
71:(1929–33)
1228:May 1943
1181:29 Jun:
1163:27 Jun:
1153:16 Jun:
1111:Kingston
1100:McCawley
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908:Escanaba
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814:Montanan
596:(26947)"
456:and the
454:Cuxhaven
419:Augsburg
262:Scuttled
153:Launched
105:Cuxhaven
1174:Growler
1136:5 Jun:
1093:Hulbert
1082:Redwing
957:Portmar
854:8 Jun:
844:5 Jun:
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535:Hermann
513:Hermann
509:Sachsen
493:Sachsen
473:Sachsen
466:Sachsen
462:Sachsen
433:History
391:Hermann
380:Sachsen
358:Hermann
289:Tonnage
137:Builder
75:Sachsen
57:Germany
30:History
1118:Runner
1033:Deimos
1026:Aludra
825:PC-496
497:Tromsø
361:was a
304:Length
1195:I-155
1156:I-157
1146:Lapon
1061:U-449
1055:U-200
1049:U-194
1043:U-119
1005:U-388
979:I-178
936:U-564
930:U-334
897:U-118
873:U-417
857:Mutsu
847:U-217
837:U-594
831:U-308
804:U-521
798:U-202
792:U-105
782:U-418
770:Birka
681:(PDF)
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320:Depth
84:Owner
1224:1944
1216:1943
1208:1942
1185:R-14
1165:RFA
1071:Bari
985:Yoma
963:U-97
891:R-12
867:I-24
712:2015
689:2015
663:2015
637:2015
608:2015
577:2015
312:Beam
274:Type
258:Fate
63:Name
1015:I-7
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427:NRT
423:GRT
411:nhp
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298:NRT
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