Convoy HX-47
Convoy HX 47 was the 47th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. The ships departed Halifax on 2 June 1940 and were escorted across the North Atlantic by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Esperance Bay, a Canadian destroyer and two Royal Navy sloops. U-boats of Wolfpack Prien sank three ships with the surviving ships reached Liverpool on 17 June.
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Convoy HX-47
Convoy HX 47 was the 47th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. The ships departed Halifax on 2 June 1940 and were escorted across the North Atlantic by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Esperance Bay, a Canadian destroyer and two Royal Navy sloops. U-boats of Wolfpack Prien sank three ships with the surviving ships reached Liverpool on 17 June.
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Convoy HX 47 was the 47th of t ...... reached Liverpool on 17 June.
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Le convoi HX 47 est un convoi ...... e à Liverpool le 17 juin 1940.
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1940-06-17
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58 merchant ships
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Adm Sir B S Thesiger KBE CB CMG
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Convoy HX 47 was the 47th of t ...... reached Liverpool on 17 June.
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Le convoi HX 47 est un convoi ...... e à Liverpool le 17 juin 1940.
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Convoi HX 47
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Convoy HX-47
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Convoy HX.47
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