Sea lane

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A sea lane is regularly used route for ocean-going vessels. They are very important for trade by sea and as a result were popular places for pirates. In World War One as German U-boats began hitting American and British shipping, the Allied trade vessels began to move out of the sea lanes to be escorted by Naval ships

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