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    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...
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    Malta during the Second World War. The tanker played a key role in Operation Pedestal, which was one of the fiercest and most heavily contested of the Malta...
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    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...
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    months working up and escorting convoys. Manchester participated in Operation Pedestal, another Malta convoy, in mid-1942; she was torpedoed by two Italian...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • (1994) The Pedestal, a novel by George Lanning (1966) "The Pedestal", a poem by Patti Smith from her book The Coral Sea (1996) Operation Pedestal, British...
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    Indomitable after she had been hit by dive bombers. Shortly after Operation Pedestal, Lt.Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown relinquished command of Lookout...
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    Operation Julius and Operation Pedestal, convoy operations which revictualled Malta, easing the siege and allowing offensive air and naval operations...
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    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...
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    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)...
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    campaign Codenames: Operations of World War 2: Pinpoint access-date 6 March 2019 Operation Harpoon Photos of Operation Pedestal Documentary film: Convoy...
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    The action of Ledbury during Operation Pedestal was the pinnacle of an otherwise uneventful career. After Operation Pedestal Ledbury was involved in several...
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    28 Sea Hurricane victories against eight losses during Operation Harpoon and Operation Pedestal. "Hawker Hurricane". BAE Systems Heritage. BAE Systems...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Born: Isabel Allende, writer, in Lima, Peru The British launched Operation Pedestal, an effort to get desperately needed supplies to Malta. German submarine...
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    awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his work on Malta convoy operations. He retired from the Navy in 1948. He subsequently joined The Castaways'...
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    the United Kingdom. She was soon back in action, participating in Operation Pedestal, the largest convoy to supply the besieged island of Malta. This convoy...
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  • List of World War II battles (category Battles and operations of World War II)
    Sirte Raid on Alexandria (1941) Second Battle of Sirte Operation Vigorous Operation Pedestal Battle of Skerki Bank Raid on Algiers Battle of the Cigno...
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    heavy attacks on the 14 merchant ships and 44 major warships of the Operation Pedestal convoy, the second Allied attempt to resupply Malta past Axis bombers...
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    reduce the tempo of operations. A limited return to offensive operations was made against Axis convoys to Libya and Operation Pedestal in August delivered...
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    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...
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