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NS (i)

'NS' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Clyde river, UK, to Norway (May 1940).

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There were only two such convoys in the aftermath of the German 'Weserübung' invasion of Norway, in the form of NS.2 of 6/11 May to Narvik and NS.3 of 12/19 May to Harstad. The first comprised the 5,372-ton British Balzac which arrived damaged, 7,268-ton British Calumet, 1,124-ton British Coxwold, 8,324-ton British Mashobra that was lost at Narvik on 25 May, and 1,575-ton British Meta. The second comprised the 5,242-ton British Dromore Castle, 1,977-ton British Gunvor Maersk, 5,086-ton US Marina, 5,666-ton British Oil Pioneer, 7,048-ton British Oleander that was bombed and beached at Harstad on 26 May, and 625-ton British Pembroke Coast.

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