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was involved in three convoy battles during 1940, and a fourth in 1941, all on the North
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was engaged in all the duties performed by escort ships; protecting convoys, searching for and attacking U-boats which attacked ships in convoy, and rescuing survivors. In the six-year
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escorted more than 100 trade convoys, mostly on the
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were attacked, losing three ships, but she was not present at the time; two other convoys lost ships after dispersal.
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vessel, being credited with the destruction of an
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was assigned to the South
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374:At the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939
493:. In 1952 she was discarded and sold for scrap.
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466:Returning to the Atlantic in 1943,
196:10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
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712:The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945
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941:List of sloops of the Royal Navy
417:. Two other convoys escorted by
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148:General characteristics
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458:Italian submarine
208:on two shafts, 3,300 hp
180:282 ft (86 m)
16:Sloop of the Royal Navy
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333:anti-submarine warfare
188:37 ft (11 m)
836:at britainsnavy.co.uk
476:British Pacific Fleet
967:Bittern-class sloops
632:"HMS Bittern, sloop"
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143:Sold for scrap 1952
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376:Enchantress
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962:1934 ships
956:Categories
722:(Canada);
667:References
349:John Brown
309:Royal Navy
221:Complement
201:Propulsion
172:1,085 tons
647:G Mason,
520:Location
497:Successes
478:when the
357:Admiralty
353:Clydebank
313:lead ship
275:AA cannon
234:As built:
97:Laid down
91:Clydebank
778:(2005).
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714:(2000).
485:In 1946
438:Freetown
430:Hedgehog
259:4.7 inch
240:4.7 inch
229:Armament
124:May 1946
105:Launched
917:Grimsby
894:Bittern
873:Bittern
567:05°07′E
564:37°58′N
555:Algeria
533:Corallo
514:U-boat
472:Pacific
460:Corallo
345:Bittern
317:Bittern
300:Bittern
204:Geared
193:Draught
158:Bittern
83:Builder
78:in 1935
72:Bittern
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919:class
901:Stork
730:(UK).
609:Notes
542:class
540:Perla
517:Type
511:Date
446:HF/DF
408:U-100
360:yacht
305:sloop
295:(L56)
278:60 ×
273:20 mm
247:3-pdr
213:Speed
163:sloop
135:: L56
832:HMS
823:HMS
814:HMS
784:ISBN
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414:U-47
402:U-34
291:HMS
271:4 ×
266:3 in
264:1 ×
261:guns
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242:guns
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