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Escort carrier for Merchant Navy ships

Escort carrier for Merchant Navy ships

An escort carrier battles through the Arctic Sea during the winter of 1944–45. The crews of merchant ships and their escorts faced not only the danger of enemy attacks but often fierce gales and huge seas.

S.D. Waters, Royal New Zealand Navy, War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1956

How to cite this page: 'Escort carrier for Merchant Navy ships', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/merchant-navy-escort, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 28-Jun-2007

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