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safely home in spite of her damaged engines. It was for his actions and leadership during the five days at Namsos that
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in 1940. The
Admiralty returned her to her owners in 1945 and she remained in commercial service until she was scrapped at Ghent in 1963.
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402:Richard Been Stannard
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320:"Churchill's Pirates"
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384:War service
314:(RNPS; aka
301:HM Trawler
103:August 1936
84:Yard number
727:1936 ships
721:Categories
706:2 February
680:2 February
654:2 February
628:2 February
602:References
288:Propulsion
675:uboat.net
557:HMS
521:HMS
487:St. Goran
476:St. Goran
463:Luftwaffe
439:Trondheim
390:Admiralty
367:HMT
359:Arab H293
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100:Completed
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146:Acquired
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18:HMS Arab
596:Belgium
572:Gourock
559:Anthony
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416:Statira
338:Trawler
280:Draught
243:Tonnage
209:Renamed
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111:To the
70:Builder
32:History
702:. 2009
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564:Walker
435:Norway
431:Namsos
264:Length
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592:Ghent
454:fjord
429:, to
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584:Arab
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