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No. 13 Actions with Enemy Disguised Raiders 1940-1941 [British Navy] NAVAL STAFF HISTORY SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES
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No. 13 Actions with Enemy Disguised Raiders 1940-1941 [British Navy] NAVAL STAFF HISTORY SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES
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No. 13 Actions with Enemy Disguised Raiders 1940-1941 [British Navy] NAVAL STAFF HISTORY SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES

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This Battle Summary analyses eight encounters with Axis merchant raiders up to the end of 1941, a decisive 28-month phase of the Second World War at sea. Enemy raiders sank one British cruiser, one armed merchant cruiser, and 618,108 tons of merchant shipping, but suffered heavy losses in return, including three raiders and two probable supply ships. Part of the Naval Staff History of the Second World War, compiled by the British Admiralty, this formerly classified study is now available as a facsimile reprint from The Naval & Military Press.

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During the Second World War, the German Kriegsmarine turned to auxiliary cruisers—merchantmen hastily transformed into commerce raiders—to wage a shadow war against Allied shipping. These vessels relied less on firepower than on deception. Disguised with false masts, altered funnels and ever-changing paint schemes, they masqueraded as neutral or Allied traders, maintaining strict radio silence and operating far from established sea lanes to prolong their anonymity.
This Battle Summary covers eight engagements with enemy merchant ship raiders up to the end of 1941. Over this 28-month period, Axis merchant raiders sank one British cruiser, one armed merchant cruiser, and a total of 618,108 tons of merchant shipping. Axis losses during the same period included three of the seven raiders identified, as well as two additional ships that were likely supply vessels.
The British armed merchant cruisers and cruisers involved included:Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser)Leander (cruiser)Voltaire (armed merchant cruiser)Cornwall (cruiser)Sydney (cruiser)Devonshire (cruiser) Dorsetshire (cruiser)

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Author/Editor

Training and Staff Duties Division (Historical Section) Naval Staff, Admiralty
Product Code

32362
Delivery

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Format

2026 N&MP reprint (of original pub 1942). 33pp., with 8 maps
ISBN

9781474542449
Condition New