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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Convoy
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gptkbp:dateArrived
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10 July 1942
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gptkbp:dateDeparted
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27 June 1942
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gptkbp:departedFrom
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gptkb:Iceland
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gptkbp:destination
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gptkb:Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:enemyOf
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gptkb:German_U-boats
German aircraft
German surface ships
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gptkbp:escortedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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One of the most disastrous Arctic convoys
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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PQ 17
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Commodore_John_Dowding
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Admiralty ordered withdrawal of escort ships
Convoy was ordered to scatter
Feared attack by German battleship Tirpitz
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gptkbp:notableLoss
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Heavy merchant shipping losses
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gptkbp:notableShip
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gptkb:SS_Christopher_Newport
gptkb:SS_Pan_Atlantic
gptkb:SS_Washington
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gptkbp:numberOfShips
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35
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_FB
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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Change in Allied convoy tactics
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gptkbp:shipsArrived
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11
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gptkbp:shipsLost
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24
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Soviet_Arctic_convoys
gptkb:World_War_II_Arctic_Convoys
gptkb:World_War_II_Arctic_convoys
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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