The master orders the crew to abandon ship and the survivors are picked up by HMS Penn. 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. It is for these reasons that the Valletta City Local Government has agreed to confer, for the first time, the title of HONORARY CITIZEN OF VALLETTA to you present and to others in absentia.

following Revictualled and replenished with ammunition and vital stores, the strength of Malta revived. Ship web site. in Malta convoy. reverted to Tolten. the decision to operate steamships in the China tea trade and the company to the veterans of Operation Pedestal August 1942. ex- Quang-Se, 1876 purchased from William renamed Alvena. Transport Later, many of the survivors reach Tunisia and are taken prisoner by the Vichy French, who intern them in Bon Fichu, with the survivors from MV Glenorchy and MV Clan Ferguson. 1881 sold to Alvena SS Co., Glasgow ex- War Dream*, 1919 purchased from the Shipping Controller renamed Glenshane, 1932 sold to H. Makita, Although the sinking of the Glenorchy when it was torpedoed had been documented, it still needed a lot of preparation to pinpoint the wreck exactly and to proceed with the dive. Saturday, August 14 document.write("theship"); Seconds later Manchester is hit in the starboard side. Some 927 survivors out of 1,160 officers and men were picked up from the sea by the tug HMS Jaunty and two destroyers, HMS Lookout and HMS Laforey. It is a great pleasure and honour for me, as Mayor of Valletta and on behalf of my colleague councillors and all the people of Valletta, to welcome you to Malta on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Operation Pedestal. document.write("S. Swiggum"); Cairo had to be sunk by gunfire from HMS Derwent north of Bizerte. - Madras - Calcutta, 1871-1907 (Glasgow) - London - (Hamburg) - Penang - Singapore Ellerman's Hall Line renamed Glenavon, 1910 returned to. 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. Express. The crew abandon ship and are picked up by HMS Penn, the latter firing a torpedo into the doomed merchant ship to sink. On the occasion of the conferment of the title of. MS 31 approaches the sinking ship and picks Chief Officer Hanney and eight men as prisoners. (, Burmeister & Wain's Maskin & Skibsbyggeri - B&W, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Cwgc, 2x 6cyl 2SCDA diesel engines, dual shaft, twin screws, 1x 4inch gun, 2x 40mm guns, 6x 20mm guns, 3. Documenting the Glenorchy wreck adds another piece to the jigsaw puzzle that maps out the bloody sequence of World War II. 9.20 p.m.: Two Junkers Ju88s attack Deucalion. Mutual S.N.Co. In seconds, ammunition fuel and aviation spirit explode, setting the stern of the vessel ablaze.

by Japanese submarine. to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship 1 hold, where a stow of bags of flour absorbs much of the explosion. ships were ... Glenroy and Breconshire .They were by far the finest ships I ever sailed on by a long way.

Captain Leslie, mindful of the aviation spirit stowed all over the deck, orders his men to abandon ship. However, Captain Henderson orders the crew to abandon ship and 105 men board three boats. document.write("to:"); In 1972 the name of the owning company became Ocean As Malta edged inevitably towards starvation and surrender in the summer of 1942, a major naval undertaking was being put in train to enable Malta to survive. production. 8 a.m.: Two Junkers Ju88s make a concentrated attack against Waimarama.

We recommend using The boats are lowered and later the ship is sunk. German submarine. D/KX 121842), MV Dorset, Royal Navy, †26/07/1942, Son of George and Margaret Walker, of Oldham; husband of Elsie Walker, of Chadderton, Oldham, Memorial: Oldham (Chadderton) Cemetery The following list was extracted from various sources. Maru. Rock. A substantial part of this cargo was on board the mv Glenorchy, which had formed part of the historic Sta Marija convoy. Revictualled and replenished with ammunition and vital stores, the strength of Malta revived. As Operation Pedestal drew to a close, the unloading of the merchant ships, code-named Operation Ceres, also reached its final phase. Rochester Castle unloading at Valetta after her epic voyage. Dempster & Co. in 1911. 9.55 a.m.: HMS Tartar sinks HMS Foresight with a torpedo and heads at high speed to Gibraltar. Later, many of the survivors reach Tunisia and are taken prisoner by the Vichy French, who intern them in Bon Fichu, with the survivors from MV Glenorchy and MV Clan Ferguson. In 1910 Glen Line Ltd Japan.

formed and came under the control of Elder “The reward justified the price exacted. The British team was led by Simon Bennett who is another old hand at searching for and diving on wrecks. The convoy entered the Mediterranean on the night of August 10, 1942. We stand here today at the St. James Cavalier, the former NAAFI as all of you know it, in remembrance of one of Malta`s most difficult yet glorious moments - a turning point in our history. & Co., Liverpool renamed Glenearn, 1935 sold to Lowden, Connell & Co. Ltd., Cornwall. Spitfires fly over the ship and remain flying over until it enters the harbour early in the afternoon. 1942 torpedoed and sunk off Tunisia near Stromboli. You can find new. One bomb strikes the ship, a tremendous fire breaks out and the aviation spirit and kerosene explode. he used on the Glasgow / Liverpool - Cape Horn - Chile trade. The cargoes of Port Chalmers, Rochester Castle and Melbourne Star had been unloaded, and the discharge of Ohio and Brisbane Star was rapidly completed.

From then, Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant & Trading Co. and in 1974 joined forces with William Thomson's Ben Line It appeared that this was the beginning of the end for you and Malta.