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A LIFEBOAT LOADED WITH SURVIVORS FROM THE SS "ORAMA" PULLING ALONGSIDE THE GERMAN 14,000 TON CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER". THE SS "ORAMA" A 19,000 TON PASSENGER VESSEL OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENT LINE, ON...

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Maker: Schroeder

HMS Glowworm (H92), a 1,345 ton G Class destroyer, manoeuvring for an attack on the 14000 ton German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper. This action took place some 120 miles west of Trondheim, Norway, when...

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Maker: Schroeder

NARVIK, NORWAY, 1940-06. A SECTION OF THE PORT AREA. SHIPS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE LOADING SWEDISH IRON ORE FOR DELIVERY TO EMDEN, GERMANY. THE DAMAGE TO THE PIERS IN THE FOREGROUND WAS CAUSED BY BRITIS...

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Maker: Schroeder

NORTH SEA, 1940-04-08. THE "GREYHOUND" CLASS ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER HMS "GLOW WORM" ON FIRE DURING AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE 14,000 TON GERMAN HEAVY CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER". THIS ACTION TOOK PLACE SOME 12...

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Maker: Schroeder

NORTH SEA, 1940-04-08. THE "GREYHOUND" CLASS ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER, HMS "GLOW WORM" ON FIRE DURING AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE 10,000 TON GERMAN HEAVY CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER". THIS ACTION TOOK PLACE SOME 1...

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Maker: Schroeder

The German destroyer Hans Lody (Z10) stands to pick up survivors of the troopship SS Orama, sinking stern first in the background. A convoy consisting of Orama, the tanker Oil Pioneer and trawler Juni...

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Maker: Schroeder

THE SS "ORAMA", A 19,000 TON PASSENGER VESSEL OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENT LINE, ON CHARTER TO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A TROOPSHIP, BEING SHELLED BY THE GERMAN 10,000 TON CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER". THE FIRST ...

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Maker: Schroeder

The wrecks of two German destroyers, Bruno Heinemann (foreground) and Theodor Riedel, (background) in Rombaksfjord. These were abandoned and blown up by their crews on 13 April 1940 after they had run...

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