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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
Greyhound participated in Operation Excess in January 1941 and then sank the Italian submarine Neghelli on 19 January while escorting a convoy to Piraeus. In late January, the ship, and the destroyers Juno , Jervis , and Janus , escorted the badly damaged aircraft carrier Illustrious from Malta to Alexandria.
On 7 January 1941 the 10th Corvette Group sailed from Alexandria escorting RFA Brambleleaf bound for Souda Bay in Crete. [6] However, en route the corvettes were diverted to Malta to support Operation Excess, and on 9 January they met Force A which included the battleships HMS Valiant and Warspite, aircraft carrier Illustrious and seven ...
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.
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]
In early January 1941 the ship escorted the tanker RFA Brambleleaf and four Flower-class corvettes to Suda Bay, Crete, and covered operations in the Eastern Mediterranean during Operation Excess. [25] She arrived back at Alexandria on 16 January. York returned to Suda Bay in early February for operations against Italian shipping. [26]