Altmark

The Altmark was heading to Germany with three hundred British seamen captured after the Graf Spee had sent their ships to the bottom.

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Eventually Mike Fleetwood sighted the Altmark lurking in a Norwegian fjord, where jrthe Royal Navy trapped it and freed the prisoners.

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Their mission was to find the Altmark, the tanker and prison ship of the Graf Spee, the German "pocket battleship" that terrorized transatlantic shipping in the early days of the war.

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"But very fashionable," said Manfred with a grin, knowing this would irritate the surly Altmark knight.

The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002

British naval forces entered Norwegian waters to rescue 299 prisoners of war from the German ship Altmark.

2. The Invasion of Denmark and Norway, 1940 2001

The Treaty of Altmark, a truce in the long conflict with Sweden, signaled the defeat of the Poles and confirmed the loss of Livonia.

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A British destroyer invaded Norwegian coastal waters to attack the German ship Altmark, which was attempting to reach Germany with British prisoners of war aboard.

1940, Feb. 16 2001

Establishment of marks (after c. 782) to hold the conquests: Dane Mark, the Altmark (against the Wends), Thuringian Mark, Bohemian Mark, Ostmark (against the Avars), Friulian Mark (on the Italian border), and the Spanish Mark.

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Graf Spee was more than 1,500 miles away to the north-west, steering south for her first meeting with the tanker Altmark; and that evening an officer went as fast as dignity allowed from the wireless office to the Captain's cabin, knocked on the door and entered.

Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956

If it was the Royal Navy he stood a good chance of bluffing his way out — there were plenty of merchant ships about (he had dodged several in the previous few days), and the Altmark bore little resemblance to a Germany supply ship.

Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956