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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 150
Message ID: 34
#34, RE: Two Questions.
Posted by Blob on Oct-15-01 at 05:35 AM
In response to message #22
>When the term frigate (also sloop and
>corvette) were revived in WWII, they were intended as anti-submarine
>platforms for convoys crossing the atlantic (the old convoy escort
>role) while commerce raiding becanme primarily a submarine task

Really? I'm no WWII expert, but the German navy used AFAIK Panzerschiffe for commerce raiding in the south Atlantic.

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