Convoy HG 73
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convoy-hg-73-206-16655590
title:
Convoy HG 73
text:
Convoy HG 73 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 73rd of the numbered HG convoys Homeward bound to the British Isles from Gibraltar. The convoy departed Gibraltar on 17 September 1941 and was spotted by a German reconnaissance aircraft on 18 September. The convoywas attacked over the next ten days. Nine ships were sunk from the convoy before the submarines exhausted their torpedo inventory on 28 September. The convoy reached Liverpool on 1 October.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_HG_73
date created:
2013-11-07T11:30:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T21:48:58Z
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13
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16