Operation Halberd was a British naval operation that took place on 27 September 1941, during the Second World War. The British were attempting to deliver...

short tons (77,000 t) of supplies. Halberd was the last convoy operation of 1941. On 16 October, Force H covered Operation Callboy, another Club Run by Ark...

served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her role in Operation Halberd to relieve the siege of Malta in September 1941. Dunedin Star was...

Sheffield returned briefly to the Mediterranean in September for Operation Halberd, another supply convoy to Malta. On 24 September the convoy consisting...

Prince of Wales was credited with several 5.25-inch kills during Operation Halberd and damaged 10 of 16 high-level bombers in two formations during her...

Euryalus, and twelve destroyers. The force provided an escort for Operation Halberd, a supply convoy from Gibraltar to Malta. On 27 September the convoy...

Convoys and in Pacific operations. From 24 to 30 September 1941 Brown Ranger was deployed as part of Force S in Operation Halberd, refuelling the ships...

fruitless attempts to intercept British convoys to Malta (Operation Substance and Operation Halberd). During the First Battle of Sirte (16 December 1941)...

Hawker Hurricane fighters to Malta. As part of a deception operation when Operation Halberd, another mission to convey troops and supplies to Malta, began...

Glasgow to Gibraltar. From 24 to 30 September 1941 she was part of Operation Halberd, one of the Malta Convoys. Nine fast freighters, escorted by the battleships...

month later, Vittorio Veneto led the attack on the Allied convoy in Operation Halberd on 27 September 1941, in company with Littorio, five cruisers, and...

Africa, and later sailed to Malta once more, this time as part of Operation Halberd, arriving at Malta on 28 September. She returned to Gibraltar shortly...

Biscay into the Atlantic. After providing escort to the Malta convoy Operation Halberd on 24 September on 1 October, Kenya and the cruiser Sheffield made...

day to join her sister in escorting a convoy to Malta in Operation Halberd. During the operation the ship accidentally shot down a Fleet Air Arm Fairey...

the two battleships attempted to intercept the Operation Halberd convoy, but they broke off the operation without attacking the convoy. While escorting...

throughout June and July, and escorting the convoys of Operation Substance in July and Operation Halberd in September. Despite some losses, the convoys succeeded...

escort duties. She escorted a convoy from Gibraltar to Malta during Operation Halberd in September 1941 and escorted Convoy PQ 16 from Iceland to Murmansk...

engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit...

shell. The QF 5.25 guns performed well on HMS Prince of Wales during Operation Halberd, escorting a convoy to Malta under, but later Prince of Wales was...

Italian navy and air forces. No supplies were sent in August, but Operation Halberd in September 1941 brought in 85,000 tons of supplies, shipped by nine...

which demonstrated accurate long range radar directed AA fire during Operation Halberd in August and September 1941. However the extreme heat and humidity...

August. A month later, she led the attack on the Allied convoy in Operation Halberd on 27 September 1941. The British force escorting the convoy included...

operated in the Mediterranean, taking part in Operation Halberd, one of the Malta convoys and Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. In 1944 she was...

(d. 2006) The Drama Uprising began in Axis-occupied Greece. The Operation Halberd convoy reached Malta with 50,000 tons of urgently needed supplies...

demonstrated accurate long-range radar-directed anti-aircraft fire during Operation Halberd in August and September 1941. However, the extreme heat and humidity...

Operation Collar – November 1940 Operation Excess – January 1941 Operation Grog – 9 February 1941 Operation Substance – July 1941 Operation Halberd –...

July, Operation Substance. A British convoy to Malta. The British destroyer HMS Fearless was lost to air attack. September, Operation Halberd. A British...

and Sydney Star took part in Operation Substance in July 1941, Imperial Star and Dunedin Star were in Operation Halberd the following month, and in August...

lost during their first year of operational service. Operation Substance was the first real operation Lightning was part of. She formed part of the Home...

October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic 27 September Operation Halberd – Royal Navy successfully defends convoy from Italian fleet and air...