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Woolworth Carriers such as Biter in 1943.
« on: 16 January 2025 08:44:35 am »

Article in the Advertiser, Tuesday,22, June 1943. U-Boats Sunk in Atlantic.

From the tail end of the article.
The Biter is one of the Navy's new weapons, an escort aircraft carrier. Many of these vessels have been, and are being built, or converted, from fast merchant ships and tankers. They are known to the Navy as Woolworth carriers, being considerable smaller than fleet aircraft carriers. The tactical object of escort carriers is then explained.

I think the Navy nickname, Woolworth carriers, comes from the cheap discount department store aspect. According to Wikipedia. Woolworth was a British high street retail chain and originally a division of the American F.W Woolworth company. The 400th branch, at Southport, Lancashire, opened on 12th July 1930.

The full article mentions, Destroyer Broadway, Frigate Lagan, Canadian Corvette Drumheller, Destroyer Hesperus and Destroyer Pathfinder. The full article describes the battle which took place during May. Which ranged over a hundred miles and extended intermittently throughout five days and five nights.

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APA citation
U-BOATS SUNK IN ATLANTIC (1943, June 22). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 16, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48757504

 
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Re: HMS Archer mentioned in Safe Passage of Convoy article. 1943.
« Reply #1 on: 30 January 2025 06:47:28 am »

HMS Archer, Escort Carrier, is mentioned in an article in the Advertiser (South Australia). Monday, 5th July 1943. Safe Passage of Convoy.

Inside this article are details of an Extraordinarily frank article, describing in detail the Allies methods and devices which have transformed warfare against U-Boats, which appears in "Das Reich". It was written by a German naval Officer, Lt-Cmdr. Kuhat.

APA citation
SAFE PASSAGE OF CONVOY (1943, July 5). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48759014


Defeat of U-Boats is an article in the Advertiser on Friday, 9th July 1943.

There are details of a candid German Admission from R-Adml Luetzow in relation to what is termed as Compressed Area. Allies' tactics are explained in regard to Aircraft, Escort Carriers and other RN war ships such as destroyers.

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DEFEAT OF U-BOATS (1943, July 9). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48759529

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