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Operation Excess was a series of British supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece in January 1941. The operation was the first to encounter Luftwaffe anti-shipping aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea .
The operation was coordinated with Operation MC 4, consisting of Convoy MW 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 with Breconshire and Clan Macaulay from Alexandria to Malta, ME 6, a return journey of ME 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 with Lanarkshire and Waiwera and ME 6, with Volo, Rodi, Pontfield, Devis, Hoegh Hood, Trocas and RFA Plumleaf. The convoys arrived safely with 10,000 short ...
Dunlop (1941) — delivery of 24 Hurricanes to Malta from HMS Ark Royal (1 lost en route) Encore (1945) — Allied assault on mountain positions in Italy; Excess (1941) — Malta convoy to reinforce Greece and Malta MC4 (1941) — shipping movements to and from Malta; Exporter (1941) — Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon
The British began Operation Excess, a series of supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece. The British aircraft carrier Illustrious was severely damaged by Stukas as it escorted a convoy to Malta. [16] President Roosevelt submitted H.R. 1776, better known as the Lend-Lease bill, to Congress. [17]
Her ship's bell that was damaged during the January 1941 attacks. On 7 January 1941, Illustrious set sail to provide air cover for convoys to Piraeus, Greece and Malta as part of Operation Excess. For this operation, her fighters were reinforced by a detachment of three Fulmars from 805 Squadron. During the morning of 10 January, her Swordfish ...
Mohawk was one of the escorts for the battleships of the Mediterranean Fleet as they bombarded Bardia on 3 January 1941. The following week she participated in Operation Excess , a series of convoys to resupply Malta and convey reinforcement for the Mediterranean Fleet past Malta.
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In Operation Excess, Gallant struck a mine off Pantellaria on 10 January 1941 and Griffin rescued most of the survivors. [14] In February 1941 she was transferred to the Red Sea where she escorted the aircraft carrier Formidable in the latter's operations in support of the military offensive in Italian Somaliland ("Operation Canvas"). [15]