Battle of the Bay of Biscay
The Battle of the Bay of Biscay was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic campaign. The battle took place in the Bay of Biscay between two light cruisers of the British Royal Navy, and a destroyer and a torpedo boat flotilla of the German Kriegsmarine hoping to intercept and escort a blockade runner. The battle was fought as part of the Allied Operation Stonewall which was to intercept German blockade runners off the west coast of France. In the confused action that followed the two British cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow respectively sank T26, together with her sister ship T25 and the destroyer Z27.
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December 1943Emerald-class cruiserFliegerführer AtlantikFrench destroyer Le FantasqueGerman destroyer Z23German destroyer Z24German destroyer Z27German destroyer Z32German destroyer Z37German_torpedo_boat_T23German torpedo boat T25German torpedo boat T26HMS EnterpriseHMS GlasgowHMS Glasgow (C21)Harold Taylor Wood GrantJohn Lea (Royal Navy officer)List of World War II battlesList of people from the Halifax Regional MunicipalityType 39 torpedo boat
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Battle of the Bay of Biscay
The Battle of the Bay of Biscay was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic campaign. The battle took place in the Bay of Biscay between two light cruisers of the British Royal Navy, and a destroyer and a torpedo boat flotilla of the German Kriegsmarine hoping to intercept and escort a blockade runner. The battle was fought as part of the Allied Operation Stonewall which was to intercept German blockade runners off the west coast of France. In the confused action that followed the two British cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow respectively sank T26, together with her sister ship T25 and the destroyer Z27.
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The Battle of the Bay of Bisca ...... hip T25 and the destroyer Z27.
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1 cruiser damaged
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1943-12-28
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British victory
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1 aircraft
2 light cruisers
5 destroyers
6 torpedo boats
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Battle of the Bay of Biscay 1943 – Painting by Norman Wilkinson
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Charles Clark
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Franz Kohlauf
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Hans Erdmenger
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Harold Grant
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Battle of the Bay of Biscay
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1943-12-28
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the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II
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British victory
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The Battle of the Bay of Bisca ...... hip T25 and the destroyer Z27.
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