Operation Pedestal (Italian: Battaglia di Mezzo Agosto, Battle of mid-August), known in Malta as Il-Konvoj ta' Santa Marija (Santa Maria Convoy), was a... 110 KB (15,025 words) - 15:15, 9 March 2024 |
HMS Kenya (section Operation Pedestal) keeping. Kenya played a prominent role in Operation Pedestal during August 1942. Pedestal was a Royal Navy operation to escort a convoy of 14 merchant ships... 13 KB (1,407 words) - 19:15, 10 July 2023 |
up pedestal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pedestal is a support or a stand for a statue or other object. Pedestal may also refer to: Pedestal crater... 2 KB (236 words) - 10:55, 15 December 2023 |
HMS Charybdis (88) (section Operation Pedestal) to provide an escort for HMS Eagle in the Malta convoy Operation Pedestal. Operation Pedestal was built around a 15-ship convoy of merchantmen, escorted... 20 KB (2,282 words) - 14:31, 26 April 2024 |
MV Brisbane Star (section Operation Pedestal) served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her rôle in Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta in August 1942. She was owned by a succession... 14 KB (1,301 words) - 13:36, 4 April 2024 |
HMS Victorious (R38) (section Pedestal) actions against the battleship Bismarck, several Arctic convoys, and Operation Pedestal. She was loaned to the United States Navy in 1943 and served in the... 57 KB (6,048 words) - 01:10, 4 April 2024 |
HMS Manchester (15) (section Operation Pedestal) months working up and escorting convoys. Manchester participated in Operation Pedestal, another Malta convoy, in mid-1942; she was torpedoed by two Italian... 36 KB (4,962 words) - 08:51, 23 February 2024 |
MV Waimarama (section Operation Pedestal) meat, from New Zealand to the United Kingdom. Waimarama took part in Operation Pedestal in August 1942. A German aircraft bombed her before the convoy reached... 17 KB (1,656 words) - 23:26, 3 December 2023 |
MV Deucalion (section Operation Pedestal) during the first of these, Operation Substance, in July 1941 but was lost on her second Malta Convoy, Operation Pedestal, in August 1942. This was the... 18 KB (1,798 words) - 06:20, 25 July 2023 |
commanded the tanker during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to relieve Malta. He was awarded the George Cross for this operation. Dudley Mason was born into... 8 KB (879 words) - 06:11, 15 April 2024 |
MV Melbourne Star (1936) (section Operation Pedestal) served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her role in Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta in August 1942. She was sunk by torpedo... 26 KB (2,796 words) - 16:35, 2 December 2023 |
HMS Lookout (G32) (section Operation Pedestal) Indomitable after she had been hit by dive bombers. Shortly after Operation Pedestal, Lt.Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown relinquished command of Lookout... 14 KB (1,614 words) - 18:35, 7 August 2023 |
HMS Ledbury (L90) (section Pedestal and Ledbury) lost. Only two months later she took up the role of close escort in the Pedestal convoy to Malta. During the fierce attacks that dogged the convoy, Ledbury... 34 KB (4,332 words) - 15:07, 1 March 2024 |
Operation Julius and Operation Pedestal, convoy operations which revictualled Malta, easing the siege and allowing offensive air and naval operations... 37 KB (4,891 words) - 06:08, 8 April 2024 |
on 11 August 1942 as Eagle was escorting a convoy to Malta during Operation Pedestal. In 1911, the Chilean Navy ordered one 28,000-long-ton (28,450 t)... 44 KB (6,023 words) - 17:17, 5 April 2024 |
Malta convoys (redirect from Operation Style) campaign Codenames: Operations of World War 2: Pinpoint access-date 6 March 2019 Operation Harpoon Photos of Operation Pedestal Documentary film: Convoy... 83 KB (9,581 words) - 22:21, 8 May 2024 |
HMS Lightning (G55) (section Operation Pedestal) 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... 19 KB (2,434 words) - 22:51, 6 June 2022 |
Hawker Hurricane (section Operation Dynamo) 28 Sea Hurricane victories against eight losses during Operation Harpoon and Operation Pedestal. "Hawker Hurricane". BAE Systems Heritage. BAE Systems... 129 KB (17,953 words) - 11:40, 23 April 2024 |
freighter SS Santa Elisa, and subsequently the tanker SS Ohio, during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to the besieged island of Malta in the Second World War... 13 KB (1,524 words) - 04:43, 26 February 2023 |
forces of British convoys to Malta, Operation Vigorous (known in Italy as the Battle of Mid June) and Operation Pedestal (known in Italy as the Battle of... 12 KB (1,368 words) - 03:23, 22 April 2024 |
his ship, the refrigerated cargo liner Waimarama, was part of the Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta. On 13 August 1942 Waimarama was bombed by a German... 9 KB (632 words) - 04:03, 9 May 2024 |
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his work on Malta convoy operations. He retired from the Navy in 1948. He subsequently joined The Castaways'... 10 KB (684 words) - 17:59, 5 May 2024 |
who saw service in both World Wars. He was knighted for his part in Operation Pedestal, the critical Malta convoy, in the Second World War. Born the son... 6 KB (392 words) - 01:02, 29 April 2024 |
Battle of the Mediterranean (category Mediterranean Sea operations of World War II) the British sent a very heavily defended convoy under the codename Operation Pedestal. Malta's air defence was repeatedly reinforced by Hawker Hurricane... 39 KB (4,756 words) - 10:19, 7 April 2024 |
and returned to the Mediterranean. He took part in Operation Pedestal, the Malta convoy operation in August 1942, and sank the Italian submarine Dagabur... 9 KB (831 words) - 19:23, 24 April 2024 |