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Ship List

Name Hull# Type Date Operation / Location
Athabaskan G07 Destroyer June 1943 GearBox IV - Spitzbergen
Antelope H36 Destroyer Aug.-Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Anthony H40 Destroyer Aug.-Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Argonaut C61 Cruiser Oct. 1942 GearBox III - Spitzbergen
Aurora C12 Cruiser July 1941
Aug.-Sep. 1941		 Spitzbergen / Bjørnøya
Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Bedouin G67 Destroyer May 1941
June 1941		 WBS München
WBS Lauenburg - OP E.C.
Bermuda C52 Cruiser May-June 1943 GearBox IV - Spitzbergen
Birmingham C19 Cruiser May 1941 WBS München
Britomart J22 Minesweeper Oct. 1941 Spitzbergen
Cumberland C57 Cruiser Sep. 1942
May-June 1943		 GearBox II - Spitzbergen
GearBox IV - Spitzbergen
Eclipse H08 Destroyer June-July 1942 GearBox I - Spitzbergen
Edinburgh C16 Cruiser May 1942 WBS München
Elm T105 Trawler Nov. 1940
Aug.-Sep. 1941 		WBS Hinrich Freese - Jan Mayen
Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Eskimo G75 Destroyer May 1941 WBS München
Garland H37 Destroyer June 1941 Spitzbergen / Bjørnøya
Halcyon J42 Minesweeper Oct. 1941 Spitzbergen
Harrier J71 Minesweeper Oct. 1941 Spitzbergen
Hazel T108 Trawler Aug.Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Icarus I03 Destroyer Aug.-Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Intrepid I10 Destroyer Oct. 1942 GearBox III - Spitzbergen
Iroquois G89 Destroyer Oct. 1942 GearBox III - Spitzbergen - OP F.Q.
Jamaica C44 Cruiser June 1944
Oct. 1944		 Ploughshare - Spitzbergen
Abigail - Spitzbergen
Jupiter G85 Destroyer June 1941 WBS Lauenburg - OP E.C.
Mahratta G23 Destroyer May-June 1943 GearBox IV - Spitzbergen - OP F.H.
Malvernian - ? May 1941 WBS August Wreidt
Manchester C15 Cruiser May 1941
June-July 1942		 WBS München
GearBox I - Spitzbergen
Maria ? ? May 1942 ex. WBS August Wriedt
Matabele G26 Destroyer Oct. 1940 WBS Adolf Vinnen
Naiad C93 Cruiser Nov. 1940 WBS Hinrich Freese - Jan Mayen
Nestor G02 Destroyer May 1941 WBS München
Nigeria C60 Cruiser June 1941
July 1941
Aug.-Sep. 1941		 WBS Lauenburg - OP E.C.
Spitzbergen / Bjørnøya
Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Nubian G36 Destroyer 1944 Arctic (?)
Obdurate G39 Destroyer Oct. 1942 GearBox III - Spitzbergen
Oligarch - Oiler Aug.-Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Onslaught G04 Destroyer Oct. 1943 Locomotive - Spitzbergen
Oribi G66 Destroyer Oct. 1943 Locomotive - Spitzbergen
Orwell G98 Destroyer Oct. 1943 Locomotive - Spitzbergen
Punjabi G21 Destroyer Oct. 1940
July 1941		 WBS Adolf Vinnen
Spitzbergen / Bjørnøya
Salamander J86 Minesweeper Oct. 1941 Spitzbergen
Seadog P216 Submarine July 1943
Oct. 1943		 Corn Crake - Spitzbergen
Locomotive - Spitzbergen
Sealyham - Tug (?) Aug.-Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Sheffield C24 Cruiser Sep. 1942 GearBox II - Spitzbergen
Somali G33 Destroyer Oct. 1940
May 1941		 WBS Adolf Vinnen
WBS München
Tantalus P318 Submarine Sep. 1943 Spitzbergen
Tartar G43 Destroyer June 1941 WBS Lauenburg - OP E.C.
Spitzbergen / Bjørnøya
Van Oost FY330 Trawler Aug.-Sep. 1941 Gauntlet - Spitzbergen
Vindex D15 Carrier Aug. 1944 U-354 / Haudegen
Wistaria T113 Trawler Nov. 1940 WBS Hinrich Freese - Jan Mayen

Arctic Operations

Gauntlet Aug.-Sep. 1941 Evacuation of Spitzbergen
Fritham I May 1942 Re-occupation of Spitzbergen
Fritham II (June 1942) Cancelled
GearBox I June-July 1942 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
GearBox II Sep. 1942 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
GearBox III Oct. 1942 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
GearBox IV May-June 1943 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
Corn Crake July 1943 Evacuation of Norwegian troops
Locomotive Oct. 1943 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
Ploughshare June 1944 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
Abigail Oct. 1944 Supply of Spitzbergen garrison
     

Signal Intelligence

Bletchley Park - Box 111

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