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The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German ''Hilfskreuzer'' (auxiliary cruiser), or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which, in World War II, travelled more than in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships with a combined tonnage of 144,384.[1]

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  1. 119 relations: Anti-aircraft warfare, Arado Ar 196, Armed merchantman, Arthur V. Sellwood, Ascension Island, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Austral Islands, Battle ensign, Battleship, Bernhard Rogge, Bibby Line, Bletchley Park, Blockade runner, Blue Funnel Line, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bremer Vulkan, British Empire, British Far East Command, Broadcasting, Cabin (ship), Cape Agulhas, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Verde, Captain (naval), Cardiff, Cargo ship, Charles J. V. Murphy, City of Bagdad, Classified information, Code letters, Commerce raiding, Cruiser, David Scherman, DDG Hansa, Denmark Strait, Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Diesel engine, Enigma machine, Erwin Rommel, Fall of Singapore, Fortune (magazine), French Polynesia, Funnel (ship), German cruiser Admiral Scheer, German ship Doggerbank, Germany, Global Oriental, Greenland, Heavy cruiser, ... Expand index (69 more) »

  2. Auxiliary cruisers of the Kriegsmarine
  3. Maritime incidents in November 1941
  4. World War II commerce raiders
  5. World War II cruisers of Germany

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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Arado Ar 196

The Arado Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance low-wing monoplane aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado.

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Armed merchantman

An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.

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Arthur V. Sellwood

Arthur Victor Sellwood (16 April 1920 – 31 October 1987) was a British journalist and author who specialised in twentieth century naval history, adapting the recollections of Second World War naval officers into popular history books.

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Ascension Island

Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

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Austral Islands

The Austral Islands (Îles Australes, officially Archipel des Australes; Tuha'a Pae.) are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic in the South Pacific.

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Battle ensign

A battle ensign is the name given to a large war ensign (flag) hoisted on a warship's mast just before going into battle.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large-caliber guns, designed to serve as capital ships with the most intense firepower.

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Bernhard Rogge

Bernhard Rogge (4 November 1899 – 29 June 1982) was a German naval officer who, during World War II, commanded a merchant raider.

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Bibby Line

Bibby Line is a UK company concerned with shipping and marine operations.

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Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.

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Blockade runner

A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.

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Blue Funnel Line

Alfred Holt and Company, trading as Blue Funnel Line, was a UK shipping company that was founded in 1866 and operated merchant ships for 122 years.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.

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Bremen

Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

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Bremer Vulkan

Bremer Vulkan AG was a prominent German shipbuilding company located at the Weser river in Bremen-Vegesack.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Far East Command

The Far East Command was a British military command which had 2 distinct periods.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Cabin (ship)

A cabin or berthing is an enclosed space generally on a ship or an aircraft.

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Cape Agulhas

Cape Agulhas (Cabo das Agulhas, "Cape of Needles") is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

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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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Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.

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Charles J. V. Murphy

Charles J.V. Murphy (October 11, 1904 - December 29, 1987) was an American journalist and author.

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City of Bagdad

The SS City of Bagdad was a British merchant ship built for the Ellerman Lines that was captured and sunk by the German raider Atlantis on 11 July 1940.

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Classified information

Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected.

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Code letters

Code letters or ship's call sign (or callsign) were a method of identifying ships before the introduction of modern navigation aids.

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Commerce raiding

Commerce raiding is a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than engaging its combatants or enforcing a blockade against them.

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Cruiser

A cruiser is a type of warship.

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David Scherman

David E. Scherman (March 2, 1916 – May 5, 1997) was an American photojournalist and editor.

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DDG Hansa

DDG Hansa, short for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (German Steamship Company Hansa; in modern orthography, Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa) was a major German shipping company specialising in heavy freight and scheduled traffic between Europe and the Far East.

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Denmark Strait

The Denmark Strait or Greenland Strait ('Greenland Sound') is an oceanic strait between Greenland to its northwest and Iceland to its southeast.

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Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau

Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated Deschimag) was a cooperation of eight German shipyards in the period 1926 to 1945.

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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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Enigma machine

The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication.

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Erwin Rommel

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II.

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Fall of Singapore

The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War.

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Fortune (magazine)

Fortune (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City.

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French Polynesia

French Polynesia (Polynésie française; Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country.

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Funnel (ship)

A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust.

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German cruiser Admiral Scheer

Admiral Scheer was a heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine (Navy) of Nazi Germany during World War II. German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis and German cruiser Admiral Scheer are world War II cruisers of Germany.

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German ship Doggerbank

The German ship Doggerbank (Schiff 53) was a UK cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1926, captured by the German Navy in 1941, renamed Doggerbank and converted into an auxiliary minelayer and blockade runner. German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis and German ship Doggerbank are world War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Global Oriental

Global Oriental is an imprint of the Dutch publishing house Brill.

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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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Heavy cruiser

A heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in calibre, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

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Heinkel He 114

The Heinkel He 114 was a sesquiplane reconnaissance seaplane produced for the Kriegsmarine in the 1930s for use from warships.

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Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands)

Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean.

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Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering;; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal.

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Icebreaker

An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships.

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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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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.

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Iron Cross

The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz,, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).

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Isoroku Yamamoto

was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.

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Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.

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Italian submarine Perla

Italian submarine Perla was a built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s.

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Jute

Jute is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads.

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K Line

is a Japanese transportation company.

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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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Katana

A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.

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Kemmendine (ship)

The Kemmendine (1924) was a British merchant ship.

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Kerguelen Islands

The Kerguelen Islands (or; in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel Kerguelen), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large igneous province mostly submerged in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Kingdom of Egypt

The Kingdom of Egypt (The Egyptian Kingdom) was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 until the abolition of the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan in 1953 following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.

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Kismayo

Kismayo (Kismaayo, كيسمايو,; Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia.

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Kobe

Kobe (Kōbe), officially, is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Last battle of Bismarck

The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately west of Brest, France, on 26–27 May 1941 between the and naval and air elements of the British Royal Navy.

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Life (magazine)

Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ba–Bm)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Massawa

Massawa or Mitsiwa (Məṣṣəwaʿ; ባጸዕ, or ባድዕ,; ምጽዋ; مَصَّوَع; Massaua; Maçuá) is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago.

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Merchant raider

Merchant raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Mogadishu

Mogadishu (also; Muqdisho, Wadaad: or Xamar, Wadaad:; مقديشو, Italian: Mogadiscio), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia.

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MV Alstertor

MV Alstertor was a refrigerated cargo ship built in 1938 for Anders Jahres Rederi A/S of Sandefjord, Norway by Oresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden as MV Rose.

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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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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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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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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oberkommando der Marine

The Oberkommando der Marine (abbreviated OKM) was the high command and the highest administrative and command authority of the Kriegsmarine.

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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II.

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Oran

Oran (Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria.

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Ore

Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.

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Paul Wenneker

Paul Werner Wenneker (27 February 1890 – 17 October 1979) was a German admiral and diplomat who was most notable for serving as the German naval attaché in Japan from 1940 until the end of World War II in 1945.

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Pitcairn Islands

The Pitcairn Islands (Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.

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Q-ship

Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.

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Robert Brooke-Popham

Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, (18 September 1878 – 20 October 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Saint Helena

Saint Helena is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory.

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Scottish Terrier

The Scottish Terrier (Abhag Albannach; also known as the Aberdeen Terrier), popularly called the Scottie, is a breed of dog.

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Seaplane

A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Somaliland

Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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SS Antenor (1924)

SS Antenor was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1924.

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SS Commissaire Ramel

SS Commissaire Ramel was a French cargo liner that was launched in 1920 and sunk in the Indian Ocean by the in World War II.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Tirranna (ship)

The Tirranna was a Norwegian merchant ship captured by the German raider Atlantis during the Second World War.

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Tonnage

Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.

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Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East.

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Tuamotus

The Tuamotu Archipelago or the Tuamotu Islands (Îles Tuamotu, officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Under Ten Flags

Under Ten Flags (Sotto dieci bandiere) is a 1960 Italian-American war film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, and Mylène Demongeot.

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University of Hawaiʻi Press

The University of Hawaiʻi Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiʻi.

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Van Heflin

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio, and film actor.

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Vanavana

Vanavana, Kurataki, or Huataki is an atoll in the southeastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.

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Warsheikh

Warsheikh (translit, ورشيخ) is an administration center and coastal town of Warsheikh district.

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Weather ship

A weather ship, or ocean station vessel, was a ship stationed in the ocean for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting.

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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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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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15 cm SK L/45

The 15 cm SK L/45SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.

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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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3.7 cm SK C/30

The 3.7 cm SK C/30SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design) was the German Kriegsmarine's primary anti-aircraft gun during the Second World War.

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See also

Auxiliary cruisers of the Kriegsmarine

Maritime incidents in November 1941

World War II commerce raiders

World War II cruisers of Germany

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis

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