Operation Details

AR

'AR' was a British and Soviet naval sweep to locate and destroy German coastal shipping between Nordkyn and Vardø in German-occupied northern Norway (24/25 November 1941).

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The British light cruiser Kenya, British destroyers Bedouin and Intrepid, and Soviet destroyers Gremyashchiy and Gromkiy departed Murmansk, and returned on 25 November after locating no ship targets but undertaking a gunfire bombardment of Vardø.

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