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HMS Audacity Wreck and Weather Events by Nigel Postle is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document lists British naval losses from September 1939 to May 1940 during the early stages of World War 2. It details over 100 ships sunk by mines, torpedoes, bombing, collisions or unknown causes. Major losses included the aircraft carrier Courageous in September 1939 and the battleship Royal Oak in October 1939 which was sunk by a German U-boat at Scapa Flow. Naval operations in Norway from April to May also resulted in heavy losses including destroyers, minesweepers, and merchant vessels.
- Author
- Nigel Postle
- Language
- EN