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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 British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War.
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.
Brisbane Star reaches the Grand Harbour at Malta, 14 August 1942. On 31 July 1942 Brisbane Star entered the Firth of Clyde, where she and her sister Melbourne Star joined the Convoy WS 21S for Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta. The convoy left on 2 August under heavy naval escort and passed Gibraltar on 10 August, where it became ...
Operated by the Grace Line, Santa Elisa was a member of Convoy WS 21S from Newport, England, for Malta as a part of Operation Pedestal. After she straggled from the convoy, she was attacked and torpedoed by the Italian motor boats MAS 557 and 564 25 nautical miles (46 km) southeast of Cape Bon , Tunisia on the night of 12/13 August 1942.
Operation Pedestal Cape Bon 13 August 1942 Motor Torpedo Boats MAS 552 and MAS 554: Torpedo Almeria Lykes, 7,773 ton [25] [23] Operation Pedestal Cape Bon 13 August 1942 Motor Torpedo Boat MAS 554 Torpedo Santa Elisa, 8,379 ton [26] [23] Operation Pedestal Cape Bon 13 August 1942 Motor Torpedo Boats MAS 557 and MAS 564 Torpedo Machine gun fire
World War II: Operation Pedestal: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by the Dessiè ( Regia Marina). [103] HMS Cairo Royal Navy: World War II: Operation Pedestal: The C-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bizerta, Algeria by Axum ( Regia Marina) with the loss of 24 of her crew. Cobalto
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Sirius ' s completion was delayed due to German bombing at Portsmouth Dockyard so she was completed at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Greenock, Scotland).On completion she initially joined the Home Fleet, and was then assigned to operate in the Mediterranean in August for Operation Pedestal, the supply of Malta.