convoy

  • 61Convoy Hi-81 — Battle of Convoy Hi 81 Part of World War II, Pacific War Port side view of USS Spadefish in May 1944 …

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  • 62convoy — I. CONVOY. s. m. Ceremonie funebre pour accompagner le corps mort à la sepulture. Un beau, & magnifique convoy. Convoy, Se dit en termes de Marine, pour un ou plusieurs vaisseaux de guerre qui escortent des vaisseaux Marchands. On a donné un… …

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  • 63Convoy ON-67 — Toward , and were escorted to the Mid Ocean Meeting Point by escort group B4. [Rohwer Hummelchen (1992) p.114] The Escort Group On 19 February American task unit 4.1.5 assumed escort responsibility with Gleaves class destroyers Edison and… …

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  • 64Convoy — Para otros usos de este término, véase Convoy (película). Vista aérea de un convoy naval durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un convoy (galicismo de convoi) es un grupo de vehículos (de cualquier tipo) que viajan juntos para darse apoyo mutuo. A… …

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  • 65convoy — v. /kon voy, keuhn voy /; n. /kon voy/, v.t. 1. to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship. n. 2. the act of convoying. 3. the protection provided by an escort. 4. a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc …

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  • 66Convoy HG-76 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Convoy HG 76 partof=World War II date=19 23 Dec 1941 place=eastern Atlantic result=British victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz commander2=Commodore: Escort Cdr: Capt.FJ Walker… …

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  • 67convoy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed, army, military, naval, troop ▪ truck (AmE), vehicle ▪ fuel, logistics …

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  • 68Convoy PQ-16 — Arctic Convoy PQ16 supported the Allied war effort of World War II In the winter and spring of 1942, U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet Union premier Joseph Stalin continually pressed for more convoys to Russia, to deliver War Stores… …

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  • 69convoy — con|voy1 [ˈkɔnvɔı US ˈka:n ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: convoi, from Old French conveier, convoier; CONVEY] a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, sometimes in order to protect one another convoy of ▪ The British left in a… …

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  • 70convoy — 1 noun (C) 1 a group of vehicles or ships travelling together: A convoy of lorries arrived bringing supplies of food and medicine. | in convoy: We decided to travel in convoy so that no one could lose their way. 2 a group of armed vehicles or… …

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