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could be salvaged. The value of the Northern Barrage was questioned following the accident.
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and struck one of the mines, later sinking with only eight survivors.
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minefield SN72 laid one month earlier at the entrance to the
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7,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
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List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
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Sunk on 5 July 1942 from damage caused by a mine off
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Samuel White" 312:in 1936 and was sunk during the 277:machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.I 55: 34: 1444:Maritime incidents in July 1942 513:American Merchant Marine at War 359:. Every ship detonated British 268:QF 4 in Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns 1: 394:(7,191 GRT) and freighters 1465: 1419:Halcyon-class minesweepers 18: 1332: 776: 621: 387:died aboard the American 270:, single mounts HA Mk.III 152: 48: 33: 597:Halcyon-Class.co.uk HMS 1152:HM Motor Gun Boat  336:mistook an iceberg for 240:17 knots (31 km/h) 153:General characteristics 483:Hague, Arnold (2000). 332:In fog on 5 July 1942 216:9 ft (2.7 m) 458:Icelandic Coast Guard 434:on 28 September 2013 1449:Ships sunk by mines 1391: /  884:Christopher Newport 615:-class minesweepers 375:-flagged freighter 385:Naval Armed Guards 1395:66.583°N 23.233°W 1374: 1373: 1260:J. A. Moffett Jr. 1068:Gloucester Castle 836:Edward Luckenbach 785: 784: 564:naval-history.net 286: 285: 1456: 1406: 1405: 1403: 1402: 1401: 1396: 1392: 1389: 1388: 1387: 1384: 1366: 1361: 1349: 1341: 1325: 1315: 1304: 1294: 1291:Pennsylvania Sun 1284: 1273: 1263: 1253: 1219: 1190: 1174: 1157: 1146: 1136: 1127:Toufic El Rahman 1120: 1103: 1093: 1077: 1061:Empire Attendant 1054: 1031: 1015: 1005: 995: 973: 938: 922: 887: 871: 862:Alexander Macomb 855: 845: 812: 805: 798: 789: 607: 575: 574: 572: 570: 555: 549: 548: 546: 544: 530: 524: 523: 521: 519: 505: 499: 498: 480: 474: 473: 471: 469: 464:on 31 March 2016 460:. Archived from 450: 444: 443: 441: 439: 430:. 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Samuel White 81:5 February 1935 61: 56: 54: 44: 27: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1462: 1460: 1452: 1451: 1446: 1441: 1436: 1431: 1426: 1421: 1411: 1410: 1372: 1371: 1333: 1330: 1329: 1327: 1326: 1316: 1305: 1295: 1285: 1274: 1264: 1254: 1230: 1228: 1224: 1223: 1221: 1220: 1191: 1175: 1158: 1147: 1137: 1121: 1104: 1094: 1078: 1055: 1032: 1016: 1006: 996: 986:Nicholas Cuneo 974: 939: 923: 888: 872: 856: 846: 829: 827: 821: 820: 817: 815: 814: 807: 800: 792: 783: 782: 777: 774: 773: 771: 770: 763: 756: 749: 742: 735: 728: 721: 714: 707: 700: 693: 686: 679: 672: 665: 658: 651: 644: 637: 630: 622: 619: 618: 610: 604: 603: 594: 588:UBoat.net HMS 583: 582:External links 580: 577: 576: 550: 534:"Convoy QP.13" 525: 500: 493: 475: 445: 418: 417: 415: 412: 357:Denmark Strait 329: 326: 284: 283: 282: 281: 278: 271: 262: 258: 257: 254: 250: 249: 246: 242: 241: 238: 234: 233: 222: 218: 217: 214: 210: 209: 206: 202: 201: 198: 194: 193: 192: 191: 188: 183:(828–848  175: 171: 170: 159: 158:Class and type 155: 154: 150: 149: 142: 138: 137: 134:Pennant number 131: 130:Identification 127: 126: 117: 113: 112: 109: 105: 104: 101: 97: 96: 87: 83: 82: 79: 75: 74: 69: 65: 64: 62:United Kingdom 51: 50: 46: 45: 39: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1461: 1450: 1447: 1445: 1442: 1440: 1437: 1435: 1432: 1430: 1427: 1425: 1422: 1420: 1417: 1416: 1414: 1407: 1404: 1369: 1365: 1360: 1356: 1352: 1348: 1344: 1340: 1336: 1331: 1324: 1323: 1317: 1314: 1313: 1306: 1303: 1302: 1296: 1293: 1292: 1286: 1283: 1282: 1275: 1272: 1271: 1265: 1262: 1261: 1255: 1252: 1251: 1246: 1245: 1240: 1239: 1232: 1231: 1229: 1225: 1218: 1217: 1212: 1211: 1206: 1205: 1200: 1199: 1192: 1189: 1188: 1183: 1182: 1181:Robert E. 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Only 400:Massmar 371:), the 367:(4,441 338:Iceland 304:of the 297:Halcyon 213:Draught 163:Halcyon 146:Iceland 86:Builder 78:Ordered 49:History 43:in 1940 1310:V 203 1169:V 202 1143:Oaxaca 1051:Arcata 878:Nenohi 767:Sphinx 760:Speedy 690:Hussar 676:Hazard 491:  396:Hefron 381:Hybert 365:Rodina 299:-class 294:was a 197:Length 165:-class 1216:U-754 1210:U-588 1204:U-213 1187:U-166 1100:U-751 1074:U-576 1022:U-153 1012:U-136 970:U-701 935:U-502 907:Niger 894:Arare 868:U-215 725:Scott 711:Niger 697:Jason 599:Niger 590:Niger 404:Niger 361:mines 351:into 334:Niger 291:Niger 245:Range 237:Speed 136:: J73 120:Dover 94:Cowes 72:Niger 41:Niger 23:Niger 1351:1943 1343:1942 1335:1941 1281:S-16 1244:Argo 1133:U-90 704:Leda 683:Hebe 601:page 592:page 571:2011 545:2014 520:2014 489:ISBN 470:2014 440:2009 289:HMS 273:4 Ă— 266:2 Ă— 205:Beam 141:Fate 124:Kent 68:Name 21:HMS 1154:501 369:GRT 344:to 226:ihp 1415:: 1247:, 1241:, 1213:, 1207:, 1201:, 1184:, 1167:, 1130:, 1113:, 1087:, 1071:, 1064:, 1047:, 1041:, 1025:, 989:, 983:, 967:, 961:, 955:, 949:, 932:, 916:, 910:, 903:, 897:, 881:, 865:, 839:, 562:. 536:. 511:. 456:. 256:80 230:kW 122:, 92:, 811:e 804:t 797:v 573:. 547:. 522:. 497:. 472:. 442:. 232:) 187:) 185:t 148:. 26:.

Index

HMS Niger

J. Samuel White
Cowes
Dover
Kent
Pennant number
Iceland
Halcyon-class
minesweeper
long tons
t
ihp
kW
QF 4 in Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns
QF 0.5 in Mk.III (12.7 mm) Vickers
Halcyon-class
minesweeper
Royal Navy
launched
Second World War
minefield
Convoy QP 13
Iceland
Murmansk
ReykjavĂ­k
convoy QP 13
Northern Barrage
Denmark Strait
mines

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