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Escort Groups for convoy protection were a British development in the war at sea during the Second World War. They were a tactical innovation by the Royal Navy in anti-submarine warfare, to combat the threat of the German Navy's "wolfpack" tactics.

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  • Escort Groups for convoy protection were a British development in the war at sea during the Second World War. They were a tactical innovation by the Royal Navy in anti-submarine warfare, to combat the threat of the German Navy's "wolfpack" tactics.
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Reference
  • Blair, C. Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939-1942 :. W&N, 1996. ISBN 0-304-35260-8.
  • Roskill, S. The War at Sea 1939-1945 Vol I. 1954.
  • Collingwood, D, J. The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War: An Operational History of the American Built Destroyer Escorts Serving Under the White Ensign from 1943-46. Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-85052-615-9.
  • Elliott, P. Allied Escort Ships of World War II . Macdonald & J, 1977. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
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  • Escort Groups for convoy protection were a British development in the war at sea during the Second World War. They were a tactical innovation by the Royal Navy in anti-submarine warfare, to combat the threat of the German Navy's "wolfpack" tactics. Escort Groups typically consisted of mixed types of small warships that operated together as a permanent team (sometimes these groups could be formed from a single class e.g. the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 15th and 21st Escort Groups were composed entirely of Captain-class frigates), defending shipping convoys during the Second World War, and more particularly, during the Battle of the Atlantic. The development of these 'escort groups' proved an effective means of defending shipping convoys. They were rigorously trained in anti-submarine tactics and had many successes. For example, in a ten-day period in 1941, four U-boats were sunk with the loss of three of Germany's top U-boat commanders.
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