At 0030 hours, ‘Force A’ changed course to 285°. Their rate of fire was described as extremely slow. ILE DE FRANCE, NIEUW AMSTERDAM and ORION to Port Tewfik. Vice-Admiral Sommerville in Some 25 nautical miles to the south-west of him, the Vice-Admiral 18th cruiser squadron in Shortly before the course change, at 0852/27 one of Steam was at once ordered for full speed and screens of two destroyers each were arranged for both At 1035/27 the plot showed enemy forces to the north-east but their composition and relative position were still in doubt. Enemy positions and aircraft were attacked at Maleme by Blenheims and Marylands (of the S.A.A.F.) The remaining aircraft, estimated at 25 to 30 machines, attacked from the port bow, port beam and starboard quarter. AA cruisers HMS COVENTRY and HMS CARLISLE (Operation LUSTRE). Thanks to White Ensign Models for this review sample. At noon the fleet was in position 35°29’N, 14°25’E steering 100°. Wellingtons bombed Maleme on the nights of the 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th. For this operation the fleet made up of the battleships On clearing the swept channel the fleet set a course of 315° at 15 knots. ‘Force B’ continued eastwards to provide close support in case of more air attacks. Air attacks were incessant and the force had to be kept together for mutual support. On the 26th, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and two of the ‘I’ tanks landed at Tymbaki on the 19th, succeeded in breaking through from the south and joining them. The deck edges are detailed with bollards and open chocks, and the hull features a deck-edge ledge for attaching the railing. As some compensation for the immersion in the sea we spent a delightful 10 days on a houseboat on the Nile near the Gezirah sporting Club in Cairo..A member of HMS Coventry's crew had taken some photographs of our ditched Wellington and sent these to our crew as Christmas cards. There was a total absence of cloud cover, and it was considered essential to attack from the direction of the sun, if any degree of surprise were to be achieved. During the night the fleet would remain near the convoy with the cruiser force to the north and the battleforce to the south of the convoy. Title: Microsoft Word Viewer - membership application.doc Two aircraft were sent out to attack this submarine. It was made up of the Norwegian tankers The convoy with Group II passed through the Straits of Gibraltar between 0130 and 0330 hours followed by Group I between 0300 and 0430 hours. Unfortunately ,our calculations were upset by an unforecast very strong tailwind, cloud cover along the route and over the target and since navigation at that time was mainly by 'dead reckoning', we overshot the target by a considerable margin. As I had never seen one of these weapons in action I was interested to see how effective it could be., so I told him to get on with it but to be quick, as I was not anxious to remain stopped. He also requested a tug to be sent for the assistance of The wind eased considerably during the morning and at daylight A reconnaissance of six aircraft were flown off at 0700 hours. Coventry served with the 5th LCS in the Harwich force from completion until 1919, including service in the Baltic and then as flagship of the 1st LCS in the Atlantic Fleet. The starboard column; The first high level bombing attack of the day developed at 1622 hours when three S.79’s approached from astern at about 5000 feet, i.e. Force A than shaped course to the eastward and after dark At daylight, 27 May 1941, ‘Force A’, now consisted of the battleships Some 90 nautical miles to the north-west of Force A, Vice-Admiral Pridham-Whippel with Force A had been steering since daylight for the Kaso Strait to cover the withdrawal of At 1230 hours, on receipt of instructions from the Commander-in-Chief, Force A shaped course for Alexandria, arriving there at 1900 hours that evening. The fo'c'sle has hawse holes, anchor chain plates, windlasses and wildcats. He and his crew just had to wait with the others and were taken prisoner and they all spent the remainder of the war as guests of the Germans . Also these aircraft were protected by fighter in much greater strength that the carriers and Malta could provide. At 1315 hours, Late in the afternoon air attacks were expected so Vice-Admiral Syfret ordered the destroyer to form an all-round screen. 37 Wellington Bomber Squadron. 21st Joined KM Cruiser BONAVENTURE at 23rd Detached from convoy and took passage to 28th Embarked troops for passage to 30th Joined W Battleship VALIANT, HM Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS and HM AA Cruiser Battlecruiser RENOWN, HM screened by destroyers of Force H to 1st Landed embarked troops in and joined Mediterranean Fleet. This convoy was made up of the transports
8th Escorted southbound convoy through November Under refit. 12th Operation abandoned due to weather (snowstorm !)