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1Escort Group (naval) — Escort Groups for convoy protection were a British development in the war at sea during World War II. They were a tactical innovation by the Royal Navy in anti submarine warfare, to combat the threat of the German Navy s wolfpack tactics. Escort… …
2Escort carrier — The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier (popularly known as the jeep carrier ), was a small aircraft carrier utilized by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy in World War II. In the Atlantic the escort… …
3escort — I UK [ˈeskɔː(r)t] / US [ˈesˌkɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms escort : singular escort plural escorts 1) a person or a group of people, vehicles, ships etc that go somewhere with another person, vehicle, ship etc in order to protect them or to… …
4Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy — The ships of the People s Liberation Army Navy number over a hundred combatant ships, organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of… …
5Ships named Nautilus — Nautilus is common ship s name in several languages: HMS Nautilus nine surface ships (1762–1913), and one submarine (1914–1922) USS Nautilus two surface ships (1799–1859), and two submarines (1930–1980) USS Nautilus II (SP 559), a 66 foot… …
6List of Empire ships (M) — The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with Empire . Mostly they were used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), who owned the ships but contracted… …
7Mid-Ocean Escort Force — (MOEF) referred to the organization of anti submarine escorts for World War II trade convoys between Canada and the British Isles. The allocation of United States, British, and Canadian escorts to these convoys reflected preferences of the United …
8Destroyer escort — A destroyer escort (DE) is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti… …
9Nairana class escort carrier — HMS Nairana Class overview Name: Nairana class escort carrier Builders: HMS Nairana, John Brown HMS Campania …
10Type D escort ship — No.2 on 26 February 1944 at Tokyo Bay Class overview Name: No.2 class escort ship …
