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"Over 12 hours, five ships were sunk" - The attack lasted 12 hours and 5 ships were sunk in this time
"the attack was reported" - At least one of the ships in the convoy managed to report (eg, to the Admiralty) that the convoy was under attack. This would be important because it would show the attackers' position and maybe attract retribution.
I'll have a look soon, my Faroese grandfather participated in some of these North Atlantic operations, and lost many relatives to German mines, so will be interesting. FunkMonk (talk) 02:18, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
At first glance, I see a couple of duplinks, which can be highlighted with this script:[1]
"One of the roles the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) assigned to its warships in plans developed prior to the outbreak of World War II was attacking Allied merchant shipping on the high seas." This sentence is a bit of a mouthful, had to read it a few times to get it. Is there any way to simplify it?
You get to the invasion of Norway, and then Norwegian waters seem to be filled with British ships. I think you could maybe elaborate on when and under which circumstances the Brits supposedly surrounded Norway prior to the German invasion, because now you don't even state these ships were British. Readers might think these were Norwegian ships?
"reinforce the patrols between Iceland and the Faroe Islands" Perhaps worth noting (or linking) they were both under Allied occupation at the time (as done with Norway and Denmark in regard to Germany)? There are articles for both occupations.
"Coastal Command also redirected its patrols to the approaches to the Bay of Biscay without immediate success." I'm not entirely sure what this sentence means, the double "to the" is a bit confusing.
The intro looks quite short for an article this length, I'd imagine there could at least be two paragraphs? For example a bit about the background and aftermath?
The article about Günther Lütjens has this info about the operation in the intro: "The operation was a tactical victory. It came to a close in March 1941, when the ships docked in German-occupied France after sailing some 18,000 miles; a record for a German battle group at the time." If this can be sourced, it would seem to be relevant in this article.
There's no reference, and while I suspect that the claim is correct it's also a bit meaningless - individual German surface raiders and submarines made longer voyages during the war. Nick-D (talk) 05:54, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]