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HMS Rawalpindi

Converted P&O ocean liner serving as an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal Navy.

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    43:49What a real Rawalpindi ambush might have looked likeNotable Point
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    1:12:09Earlier encounters repeatedly postponed the Atlantic sortieChapter
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    34:17Warspite races north after Rawalpindi is sunkNotable Point
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  13. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    10:46Rawalpindi before conversion: a P&O mixed linerChapter
  14. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    22:35Rawalpindi's rapid conversion and limited armamentNotable Point
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    32:47How the Deutschland report shaped the British responseNotable Point
  16. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    41:40Rawalpindi's first patrol and humane prisoner handlingNotable Point
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    42:56The sighting report that exposed the German sortieChapter
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    44:37Pickersgill's group, the lifeboat, and HMS ChitralNotable Point
  20. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    46:05Fog, smoke, an iceberg, and the narrowing escape optionsNotable Point
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    49:18Why Rawalpindi may have opened fire firstNotable Point
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    52:34How battle damage stopped Rawalpindi's resistanceChapter
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    53:53Rawalpindi as an overlooked first naval actionNotable Point
  24. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    56:58Remembering the crew as well as the captainNotable Point
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