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81 relations: Accra, AEG (German company), Anti-aircraft warfare, Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay, Beam (nautical), Cabot Strait, Canary Islands, Cape Breton Island, Cape Verde, Channel-Port aux Basques, Convoy, Deck gun, Depth charge, Destroyer, Diesel engine, Dominion of Newfoundland, Draft (hull), Duquesne Spy Ring, Espionage, Explosive, Faroe Islands, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Freetown, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Götz von Berlichingen, Günther Prien, GIUK gap, Greenland, High-frequency direction finding, HMS Fame (H78), Iceland, Jost Metzler, Kapitänleutnant, Kiel, Kingston upon Hull, Kriegsmarine, Lagos, Length overall, List of Allied convoys during World War II by region, Lorient, MG 34, Motor–generator, Naval mine, Nazi Germany, North Sea, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Oakland Tribune, ... Expand index (31 more) »
Accra
Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
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AEG (German company)
; AEG) was a German producer of electrical equipment. It was established in 1883 by Emil Rathenau as the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität in Berlin. The company's initial focus was driven by electrical lighting, as in 1881, Rathenau had acquired the rights to the electric light bulb at the International Exposition of Electricity in Paris.
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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Azores
The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).
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Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
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Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.
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Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.
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Cabot Strait
Cabot Strait (détroit de Cabot) is in Atlantic Canada between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North, Cape Breton Island.
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (Canarias), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Unamaꞌki) is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.
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Channel-Port aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait.
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Convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.
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Deck gun
A deck gun is a type of naval artillery mounted on the deck of a submarine.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.
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Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.
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Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
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Dominion of Newfoundland
Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.
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Duquesne Spy Ring
The Duquesne Spy Ring is the largest espionage case in the United States history that ended in convictions.
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Espionage
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence).
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Explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Foreign Agents Registration Act
The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a United States law that imposes public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests.
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Freetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.
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Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft (often just called Germaniawerft, "Germania shipyard") was a German shipbuilding company, located in the harbour at Kiel, and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I and the Kriegsmarine in World War II.
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Götz von Berlichingen
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (15 November 1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary and poet.
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Günther Prien
Günther Prien (16 January 1908 – presumed 8 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II.
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GIUK gap
The GIUK gap (sometimes written G-I-UK) is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point.
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Greenland
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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High-frequency direction finding
High-frequency direction finding, usually known by its abbreviation HF/DF or nickname huff-duff, is a type of radio direction finder (RDF) introduced in World War II.
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HMS Fame (H78)
HMS Fame was an F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
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Jost Metzler
Jost Metzler (26 February 1909 – 29 September 1975) was a German submarine commander during World War II.
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Kapitänleutnant
, short: KptLt/in lists: KL, (captain lieutenant or lieutenant captain) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group of the German.
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Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
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Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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Lagos
Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.
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Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.
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List of Allied convoys during World War II by region
This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region.
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Lorient
Lorient is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
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MG 34
The MG 34 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 34, or "machine gun 34") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936.
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Motor–generator
A motor–generator (an M–G set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form.
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Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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North Sydney, Nova Scotia
North Sydney (Mi'kmawi'simk: Kweso'mkiaq, Scottish Gaelic: Suidni A Tuath or Am Bàr) is a former town and current community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
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Oakland Tribune
The Oakland Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California, and a predecessor of the East Bay Times.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Propeller
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air.
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Reichsmark
The Reichsmark (sign: ℛ︁ℳ︁; abbreviation: RM) was the currency of Germany from 1924 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, and in the American, British and French occupied zones of Germany, until 20 June 1948.
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Rockall
Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire (Gallo: Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany.
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Second Happy Time
The Second Happy Time (officially Operation Paukenschlag ("Operation Drumbeat"), and also known among German submarine commanders as the "American Shooting Season") was a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America.
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Sekondi-Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi.
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Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
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Ship breaking
Ship breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship scrapping, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships either as a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap.
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Ship's company
A ship's company or complement comprises all officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel aboard a naval vessel, excluding civilians and guests.
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Short Sunderland
The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St.
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Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
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Submarine depth ratings
Depth ratings are primary design parameters and measures of a submarine's ability to operate underwater.
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Submarine hull
A submarine hull has two major components, the light hull and the pressure hull.
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Supercharger
In an internal combustion engine, a supercharger compresses the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given displacement.
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The Laughing Cow
The Laughing Cow (La vache qui rit) is a brand of processed cheese products made by Fromageries Bel since 1921.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
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Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
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U-boat
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.
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West Africa
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.
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Wilhelm Zahn
Wilhelm Zahn (29 July 1910 – 14 November 1976) was a German Kriegsmarine officer during the Second World War.
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Wolfpack (naval tactic)
The wolfpack was a convoy attack tactic employed in the Second World War.
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Wolfpack Brandenburg
Brandenburg was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1941 from 15 September 1941 to 2 October 1941.
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Wolfpack Seewolf
Seewolf was the name of three separate wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38
The Flak 30 (Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II.
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7th U-boat Flotilla
The 7th U-boat Flotilla (German 7. Unterseebootsflottille), also referred to as the Wegener Flotilla, was a combat unit within the Kriegsmarine, the naval warfare branch of Nazi Germany.
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8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun
The 8.8 cm SK C/35SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design).
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References
Also known as German submarine U 69 (1940), German submarine U69 (1940), U 69 (1940), U-69 (1940), U69 (1940), Unterseeboot 69 (1940).