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2. Operation Pedestal - Wikipedia

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   Operation Julius, a plan to supply Malta by simultaneous convoys from Gibraltar in Operation Harpoon and from Alexandria by Operation Vigorous (12–15/16 June) was a costly failure. Only two merchant ships from Harpoon reached the island; the Vigorous convoy was forced to turn back and several convoy escorts and many merchantmen, including the ...

3. SS Ohio (1940) - Wikipedia

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   The tanker played a key role in Operation Pedestal, which was one of the fiercest and most heavily contested of the Malta convoys, in August 1942. [2] Although Ohio reached Malta successfully, it was so badly damaged that it had to be effectively scuttled in order to offload its cargo, and never sailed again. The tanker is fondly remembered in ...

4. Frederick Treves (actor) - Wikipedia

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   On his first voyage 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 Junkers Ju 88 aircraft. The ship's deck cargo included containers of aviation spirit that burst into flame. Waimarama exploded and 83 of her 107 crew were killed.

5. Roger P. Hill - Wikipedia

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   Afterwards from early-september to mid-October 1943, the Grenville was deployed on the first ten missions of Operation Tunnel, aggressive night sweeps of the French coast, intended to sink Axis shipping trying to reach Biscay ports. The Grenville was present when the cruiser HMS Charybdis was sunk, leaving Hill as senior officer. He dealt with ...

6. HMS Victorious (R38) - Wikipedia

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   Exercises (Operation Berserk) were performed with aircraft carriers HMS Indomitable, Furious, Eagle and Argus to improve operational techniques. [14] Pedestal began on 10 August 1942 and involved a great array of ships in several coordinated groups; two battleships, four aircraft carriers, seven cruisers and thirty two destroyers. Some of the ...

7. Dudley Mason - Wikipedia

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   Dudley Mason was born into a family in Surbiton.His father was a chauffeur. Mason went to school in Long Ditton before going to sea as an apprentice at 17 in June 1920 with Eagle Oil and Shipping Company with whom he qualified as a master mariner at age 30. [2]

8. 'Operation Nutcracker,' 'The 5-Year Christmas Party ... - AOL

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   Operation Nutcracker starring Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell premieres this Friday, Oct. 25. Then on Saturday, Oct. 26 it's time for The Christmas Charade with Rachel Skarsten and Corey ...

9. Almeria Lykes - Wikipedia

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   Sunk during Operation Pedestal; SS Almeria Lykes (1945), managed for USMC, scrapped 1971; MV Almeria Lykes (1972), a Type C8 transferred to Military Sealift Command in 1986 and renamed USNS Cape May [1] SS Almeria Lykes (1987), originally SS President McKinley [2]