Royal Navy escort groups

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World War II military unit anti-submarine warfare unit naval formation

Royal Navy escort groups were specialized World War II naval formations tasked with protecting Allied convoys and hunting enemy submarines in the Atlantic and surrounding waters.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military unit ⓘ anti-submarine warfare unit ⓘ naval formation ⓘ
alliedWith	Royal Canadian Navy escort groups NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy escort groups ⓘ
composition	corvettes ⓘ destroyers ⓘ escort carriers ⓘ frigates ⓘ sloops ⓘ support groups ⓘ
conflict	Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
doctrine	close convoy protection ⓘ offensive anti-submarine tactics ⓘ
formedDuring	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Donald Macintyre NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederic John Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOpponent	Kriegsmarine U-boat arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUnit	20th Escort Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Escort Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 5th Escort Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 7th Escort Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	maintain Allied Atlantic supply lines ⓘ
operationalArea	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Approaches NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedAs	mid-ocean escort groups ⓘ support groups ⓘ
partOf	Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	anti-submarine warfare ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ protection of Allied merchant shipping ⓘ
result	significant contribution to defeat of U-boat threat ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy Western Approaches Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
task	defend convoys against air attack ⓘ defend convoys against surface raiders ⓘ escort transatlantic convoys ⓘ hunt German U-boats ⓘ
timePeriod	1939–1945 ⓘ
usedEquipment	ASDIC sonar NERFINISHED ⓘ HF/DF radio direction finding ⓘ Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar NERFINISHED ⓘ depth charges ⓘ radar ⓘ

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Bay of Biscay anti-submarine campaign → supportedBy → Royal Navy escort groups ⓘ