Banff-class sloop
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banff-class-sloop-273-16537521
title:
Banff-class sloop
text:
The Banff-class sloop was a group of ten warships of the Royal Navy. Built as United States Coast Guard Lake-class cutters, in 1941 these ships were loaned to the Royal Navy as antisubmarine warfare escort ships. The transfers took place at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the sloops were manned for transport to Britain by personnel from the damaged battleship Malaya which was under repair there. The sloops were initially part of Western Approaches command used to escort convoys such as SL convoys from S
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description:
1928 class of American sloops-of-war
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff-class_sloop
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date modified:
2024-03-12T22:37:06Z
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