Shetland Bus operation

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf World War II operation
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Norwegian_Navy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Shetland Bus
gptkbp:baseOfOperations gptkb:Scalloway,_Shetland
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Shetland_Bus_Memorial_in_Scalloway
gptkbp:endDate 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shetland Bus operation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Shetland_Islands
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:David_Howarth
gptkb:Leif_Larsen
Arthur "Shetlands-Larsen"
gptkbp:notableEvent rescued over 300 refugees
transported over 300 agents
gptkbp:notableShip HNoMS Hessa
HNoMS Hitra
HNoMS Vigra
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:British_Special_Operations_Executive
gptkb:Norwegian_resistance
gptkbp:purpose evacuate refugees from Norway
transport agents and supplies between Shetland and Nazi-occupied Norway
gptkbp:startDate 1941
gptkbp:subjectOf book: The Shetland Bus by David Howarth
documentary: The Shetland Bus
gptkbp:usedVessels fishing boats
submarine chasers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shetland_Bus_Memorial_in_Scalloway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7