The Rescue Ships and The Convoy's mug The battle for control of

The battle for control of the seas was crucial to determining the outcome of the Second World War

A tug eventually replaced Speedwell and the entire crew now returned to their stricken vessel

D-Day and the liberation of Norway

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Hitler’s Arctic War also includes a chapter on the campaign fought by Luftwaffe aircraft and Kriegsmarine ships and submarines against the Allied convoys supplying the Soviet Union with aid

The Rescue Ships and The Convoy's mug The battle for control ofThe Rescue Ships and the Convoys tells the history of one of the least known aspects of Second World War maritime history. Despite the threat of heavy losses of ships and lives, no hospital ships, which had to be lit, could accompany the convoys as they would betray a convoys position. The solution was to create a fleet of 30 small Merchant Navy vessels of about 1,500 gross tons, mostly from coastal trade. These Rescue Ships, commanded and manned by