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Baker's Dozen of Royal and Commonwealth Navy ships cruiser size or smaller.

1. HMS Jervis Bay (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
2. HMS Campbeltown
3. HMAS Canberra
4. HMS Hardy
5. HMCS SACKVILLE
6. HMNZS Achilles
7. HMAS Sydney
8. HMS Ajax
9. HMNZS Monowai (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
10. HMS Glowworm


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Baker's Dozen of Royal and Commonwealth Navy ships cruiser size or smaller.

1. HMS Jervis Bay (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
2. HMS Campbeltown
3. HMAS Canberra
4. HMS Hardy
5. HMCS SACKVILLE
6. HMNZS Achilles
7. HMAS Sydney
8. HMS Ajax
9. HMNZS Monowai (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
10. HMS Glowworm

11. HMCS Haida

Photo taken in June of 1944.


The floating museum that she is today.
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Baker's Dozen of Royal and Commonwealth Navy ships cruiser size or smaller.

1. HMS Jervis Bay (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
2. HMS Campbeltown
3. HMAS Canberra
4. HMS Hardy
5. HMCS SACKVILLE
6. HMNZS Achilles
7. HMAS Sydney
8. HMS Ajax
9. HMNZS Monowai (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
10. HMS Glowworm
11. HMCS Haida

12. HMS Orion


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Baker's Dozen of Royal and Commonwealth Navy ships cruiser size or smaller.

1. HMS Jervis Bay (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
2. HMS Campbeltown
3. HMAS Canberra
4. HMS Hardy
5. HMCS SACKVILLE
6. HMNZS Achilles
7. HMAS Sydney
8. HMS Ajax
9. HMNZS Monowai (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
10. HMS Glowworm
11. HMCS Haida
12. HMS Orion

13. HMS Manxman (Abdiel class minelayer)



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Baker's Dozen of Propaganda Films

1. Went the Day Well? (1942)

2. The Way Ahead (1944)

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6. Titanic (Germany, 1943)

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2. The Way Ahead (1944)
3. The Battle of Midway (1942)
4. They Were Expendable (1945)
5. Back to Bataan
6. Titanic (Germany, 1943)

7. The Fighting Seabees (1944)





I was going to do The Immortal Battalion, but apparently it's British name was The Way Ahead.
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8. Jud Süß (1940)

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1. Went the Day Well? (1942)
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6. Titanic (Germany, 1943)
7. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
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9. Sahara (1943)
10. Gung Ho (1943)

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5. Back to Bataan (1945)
6. Titanic (Germany, 1943)
7. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
8. Jud Süß (1940)
9. Sahara (1943)
10. Gung Ho (1943)

11. The True Glory (1945)


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