Post by KG on Jun 8, 2013 17:33:30 GMT
The convoy that saved Malta from surrender:
From Times of Malta: Sunday, August 26 2012
On June 18, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was in Washington, where the chiefs-of-staff cabled him, urging him to request the loan of the tanker SS Ohio, on the same basis as SS Kentucky. Also requested from the American administration were two other merchant ships, Santa Elisa and Almeria Lykes. The remaining merchant ships were British and all of them were armed with anti-aircraft guns. A large escorting force was assembled to protect the convoy, comprising two main groups of ships, Forces Z and X.
LINK: www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120826/life-features/The-convoy-that-saved-Malta-from-surrender.434460
From Times of Malta: Sunday, August 26 2012
On June 18, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was in Washington, where the chiefs-of-staff cabled him, urging him to request the loan of the tanker SS Ohio, on the same basis as SS Kentucky. Also requested from the American administration were two other merchant ships, Santa Elisa and Almeria Lykes. The remaining merchant ships were British and all of them were armed with anti-aircraft guns. A large escorting force was assembled to protect the convoy, comprising two main groups of ships, Forces Z and X.
LINK: www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120826/life-features/The-convoy-that-saved-Malta-from-surrender.434460