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By her presence she forced them to withdraw, although a U-boat attack aiming to sink Malaya inflicted some damage on the convoy. [24] Later that month Malaya was escorting convoy SL 68. On the evening of 20 March 1941, about 250 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands, Malaya was hit by a torpedo from U-106. Damaged on the port side, and ...
Force F was to cover Convoy MC 4 with HMS Jaguar, Hero, Hasty, Hereward and Bonaventure carrying four hundred soldiers and airmen to Malta. [2] [4] Force H was to protect Convoy MC 4 from Gibraltar to the Skerki Banks with HMS Malaya, Renown, Sheffield, Faulknor, Fury, Forester, Fortune, Firedrake and Ark Royal ferrying six Fairey Swordfish for ...
In the Battle of Calabria (Battaglia di Punta Stilo), Regia Marina escorts (two battleships, 14 cruisers and 32 destroyers) of an Italian convoy engaged the battleships HMS Warspite, Malaya, Royal Sovereign and the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. [15] The British cruisers and destroyers covered two convoys heading from Malta to Alexandria.
On 8 March, Scharnhorst spotted convoy SL 67, but again the attack had to be abandoned as the convoy was escorted by a battleship: HMS Malaya. Lütjens returned to the North-Atlantic convoy lanes, on their way Scharnhorst sank the 7,921 GRT Greek cargo ship Marathon. On 15 and 16 March they encountered ships from a dispersed convoy.
Hide (1940) — movements by Force H to cover convoy and escort HMS Malaya to Gibraltar (linked to Operation MC2) Seek (1940) — anti-submarine sweep ahead of Hide; Hurry (1940) — delivery of 12 Hurricanes to Malta from HMS Argus. Spark (1940) — diversionary radio transmissions by HMS Enterprise; Husky (1943) — Allied invasion of Sicily
The Arado had flown over the submarine, which had been alerted to the possibility German commerce raiders might be in the area. On 7 March, the convoy SL-67, escorted by the battleship HMS Malaya, was sighted. Once again, Lütjens obeyed his orders and not his instinct. He withdrew, but shadowed the convoy, directing U-124 and U-105 onto the ...
In 1942 HMS Malaya led Convoy WS 20, in which Stratheden sailed from the Irish Sea to Sierra Leone. On 21 June 1942 Stratheden left the Clyde carrying 4,496 troops and joined Convoy WS 20, which included 15 troop ships and carried least 44,305 troops. WS 20's largest troop ship was Stirling Castle, one of three Union-Castle liners in the convoy.
The covering force for Convoy MF 3 (Alexandria to Malta) and Convoy MF 4 (Malta to Alexandria), comprised HMS Warspite (flagship, Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham) Valiant, Malaya and Ramillies, the aircraft carriers HMS Eagle and Illustrious, the cruisers HMS York, Gloucester and Liverpool of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron and HMS Ajax, Orion and HMAS Sydney of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, with the ...