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The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
When Norway was invaded by Germany on 9 April 1940, the merchant fleet had been at war for seven months. Norway was neutral, but lost 58 ships and around 400 sailors. During these months much of the framework that Nortraship was to operate within was created; most importantly the Norwegian-British tonnage agreement.
Ten ships and 1,000 men from the Royal Norwegian Navy participated in the Normandy Invasion in 1944. During the war the navy operated 118 ships, at the end of the war it had 58 ships and 7,500 men in service. They lost 27 ships, 18 fishing boats (of the Shetland bus) and 933 men in World War II. [8] The navy had its own air force from 1912 to 1944.
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1945 Ship State Description CD-72 Imperial Japanese Navy: World War II: The Type D escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea west of the Changshan Islands) by USS Haddo ( United States Navy). [1] Konri Maru Japan
World War II naval ships of Norway (8 C) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 16:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
World War II corvettes of Norway (1 P) D. World War II destroyers of Norway (21 P) G. ... Category: World War II naval ships of Norway. 4 languages ...
Troll (1912–1949) In German hands from 1940 to 1945, scrapped in 1949. Garm (1914–1940) Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers on 26 April 1940 during the Norwegian campaign. HNoMS Sleipner – lead ship of the Sleipner class. Sleipner class Six vessels made in Norway from 1936 to 1939. Sleipner (1936–1959) In Norwegian service during the war. Rebuilt ...
14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships: GUF: Mediterranean to Chesapeake Bay: 29 November 1942 16 April 1945 22 faster ships GUS: Mediterranean to Chesapeake Bay: 21 December 1942 27 May 1945 92 slower ships HG: Gibraltar to Liverpool: 26 September 1939 19 September 1942 89 replaced by MKS convoys after Operation Torch: HX