Operation Halberd

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World War II military operation naval convoy operation

Operation Halberd was a major British Royal Navy convoy operation in September 1941 to escort vital supplies to Malta through heavy Axis air and naval opposition in the Mediterranean.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Halberd canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation ⓘ
naval convoy operation ⓘ
airComponent Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form: Fleet Air Arm squadrons from HMS Ark Royal

RAF units based on Malta ⓘ
baseOfDeparture Gibraltar ⓘ
belligerent Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commander Admiral James Somerville ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
convoyComposition nine merchant ships ⓘ
convoyDesignation GM 2 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date September 1941 ⓘ
destination Malta ⓘ
endDate 1941-09-28 ⓘ
escortIncluded aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal ⓘ
aircraft carrier HMS Furious ⓘ
aircraft carrier HMS Victorious ⓘ
battleship HMS Nelson ⓘ
HMS Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form: battleship HMS Prince of Wales

battleship HMS Rodney ⓘ
cruisers of Force H ⓘ
followedBy Operation Pedestal ⓘ
historicalPeriod Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
location Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
between Gibraltar and Malta ⓘ
central Mediterranean ⓘ
notableFor heavy Axis air attacks ⓘ
strong British escort force ⓘ
objective deliver vital supplies to Malta ⓘ
escort convoy to Malta ⓘ
reinforce the Siege of Malta ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
opponent Luftwaffe ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
Italian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Regia Marina
partOf Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Malta convoys

Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
precededBy Operation Substance ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
most merchant ships reached Malta ⓘ
shipLost HMS Nelson (damaged by torpedo) ⓘ
one merchant ship sunk ⓘ
startDate 1941-09-24 ⓘ
strategicPurpose maintain Malta as an offensive base against Axis supply lines to North Africa ⓘ
theatre Mediterranean Sea ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMS Sikh → notableEngagement → Operation Halberd ⓘ
Battle of the Mediterranean → hasPart → Operation Halberd ⓘ
HMS Aurora → tookPartIn → Operation Halberd ⓘ
cruisers of Force H → notableOperation → Operation Halberd ⓘ
HMS Nelson → participatedIn → Operation Halberd ⓘ