Convoy HX 79
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convoy-hx-79-171-8331122
title:
Convoy HX 79
text:
HX 79 was an Allied convoy in the North Atlantic of the HX series, which sailed east from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The convoy took place during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. One ship dropped out and returned to port, leaving 49 to cross the Atlantic for Liverpool. Two armed merchant cruisers and a submarine escorted the convoy to protect it from German commerce raiders. The oceanic escorts detached from the convoy at noon on 18 October, in the Western Approaches, where Convoy
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description:
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_HX_79
date created:
2007-08-01T11:37:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T07:40:04Z
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