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  2. List of Royal Navy losses in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinking after being torpedoed by a German submarine in November 1941, the assisting destroyer HMS Legion was sunk in 1942. This is a list of Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October 1945. See also List of ships of the Royal Navy.

  3. Naval history of World War II - Wikipedia

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    At the start of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2]

  4. Royal Navy during the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world. It had 20 battleships and battlecruisers ready for service or under construction, twelve aircraft carriers, over 90 light and heavy cruisers, 70 submarines, over 100 destroyers as well as numerous escort ships, minelayers, minesweepers and 232 aircraft.

  5. Battle of the Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [11] [12] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...

  6. List of United States Navy losses in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryƫ: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...

  7. United States Navy in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Smith, Peter C. Midway, Dauntless Victory: Fresh Perspectives on America's Seminal Naval Victory of World War II (2007) Smith, Steven. Wolf Pack: The American Submarine Strategy That Helped Defeat Japan (2003) Tillman, Barrett. Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II (2005). Y'Blood William T.

  8. Mid-Atlantic gap - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Air Force (RAF)'s Coastal Command, when it was created in 1936, [1] was given responsibility for antisubmarine warfare (A/S or ASW) patrol. It was equipped only with small numbers of short-ranged aircraft, the most common being the Avro Anson (which was obsolete by the start of the Second World War) and Vickers Vildebeest (which was obsolete); for a time, shortages of aircraft were ...

  9. List of maritime disasters in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Chiyoda – sunk with her entire crew of around 1,470, possibly the largest vessel to be lost with all hands in World War II. 1,470 Navy 1941 United Kingdom: HMS Hood – The battlecruiser was attacked and sunk by the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May. Of the 1,418 crew aboard, three survived. [9] 1,415 Navy 1944 Japan