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Operation Pedestal was the subject of a 1953 black and white British film, ... Hastings, Max (2021). Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 ...
However, in July 1942 ships selected for Operation Pedestal had their armament increased by the addition of either Oerlikon 20 mm cannons and/or Bofors 40 mm guns. Both Waimarama and her sister Wairangi were selected for Operation Pedestal. In July 1942 they would therefore have been fitted with extra anti-aircraft guns.
Operation Pedestal, 1942 MV Brisbane Star was a British refrigerated cargo liner . She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1936–37 as one of Blue Star Line 's Imperial Star -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom .
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (/ ˈ h eɪ s t ɪ ŋ z /; born 28 December 1945) [1] is a British journalist and military historian, [2] who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which ...
In August 1942 Deucalion took part in Convoy MW 12, part of Operation Pedestal to relieve Malta. MW 12 passed Gibraltar on 10 August and came under attack from 11 August. On 12 August five Heinkel He 111 bombers attacked Deucalion. One bomb penetrated her number 5 hold aft, exploded below the waterline and lifted the ship bodily in the water.
During July and August, two new bolometer sites commenced operations near Algeciras and Ceuta. These sites detected Operation Pedestal, a convoy bound for Malta, during the second week of August 1942. Axis air, sea and submarine attacks led to many merchant ship losses.
Operation Harpoon (1942) Operation Pedestal; HMS Ithuriel was an I-class destroyer built for the Turkish Navy, ... Hastings, Max (2021). Operation Pedestal: ...
In August 1942, Cairo took part in Operation Pedestal, the escort of a convoy to Malta. During the operation she was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Axum north of Bizerta, Tunisia, on 12 August 1942. One torpedo blew off part of the stern, the port propeller was gone, the engine room flooded and gun mount Y fell off in the sea.