Pedestal Convoy

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Allied naval operation Mediterranean naval convoy World War II convoy

Pedestal Convoy was the crucial 1942 Allied naval operation to resupply the besieged island of Malta during World War II, involving a heavily defended convoy that suffered severe losses but ultimately succeeded in delivering vital supplies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied naval operation ⓘ
Mediterranean naval convoy ⓘ
World War II convoy ⓘ
belligerent Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cargoType Ammunition ⓘ
Food ⓘ
Fuel ⓘ
Military stores ⓘ
commander Admiral Edward Syfret ⓘ
convoyCode WS 21S ⓘ
destination Malta ⓘ
endDate 1942-08-15 ⓘ
escortCommander Rear Admiral Harold Burrough ⓘ
flagship HMS Nelson ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Malta relief convoy of August 1942 ⓘ
Operation Pedestal ⓘ
hasObjective Deliver vital fuel and supplies to Malta ⓘ
Resupply the island of Malta ⓘ
includedShip HMS Cairo ⓘ
HMS Eagle ⓘ
HMS Indomitable ⓘ
HMS Manchester ⓘ
HMS Nigeria ⓘ
HMS Rodney ⓘ
HMS Victorious ⓘ
SS Almeria Lykes ⓘ
SS Brisbane Star ⓘ
SS Clan Ferguson ⓘ
SS Clan MacDonald ⓘ
SS Deucalion ⓘ
HMS Dorset ⓘ
surface form: SS Dorset

SS Empire Crossbow ⓘ
SS Empire Hope ⓘ
SS Empire Kumari ⓘ
SS Empire Shackleton ⓘ
SS Glenorchy ⓘ
SS Melbourne Star ⓘ
SS Ohio ⓘ
SS Port Chalmers ⓘ
SS Rochester Castle ⓘ
SS Santa Elisa ⓘ
SS Waimarama ⓘ
isDescribedAs One of the most heavily defended convoys of World War II ⓘ
notableEvent Severe losses to merchant ships and escorts ⓘ
Sinking of HMS Eagle ⓘ
notableShipRole SS Ohio delivered vital aviation fuel to Malta despite heavy damage ⓘ
opposedBy Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
Italian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Regia Marina
originPort Gibraltar ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Theater of World War II

World War II ⓘ
relatedOperation Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Malta
result Allied strategic victory ⓘ
Successful delivery of critical supplies to Malta ⓘ
startDate 1942-08-10 ⓘ
strategicImportance Maintained Malta as an offensive base against Axis supply lines to North Africa ⓘ
suffered Heavy losses from air attack ⓘ
Losses from submarine attack ⓘ
Losses from surface attack ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Central Mediterranean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
year 1942 ⓘ

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Operation Pedestal → alsoKnownAs → Pedestal Convoy ⓘ