Dorset 1934
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:25 am
Built 1934 by Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast. Owner Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London.
Dorset was disabled by three near-miss bombs from German Ju-87 and Ju-88, and the engine room was flooded. The high octane fuel caught fire and the merchantman was abandoned and sank 25 miles NW of Linosa Island.
details
weight (tons): 10624 grt
dimensions : 156,4 x 20,9 x 9,9 m
material: steel
engine: 2x 8cyl diesel engines
power: 11000 b.h.p.
speed: 16 knots
Operation Pedestal was a British operation to get desperately needed supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta was the base from which surface ships, submarines and aircraft attacked Axis convoys carrying essential supplies to the Italian and German armies in North Africa. In 1941–42, Malta was effectively under siege, blockaded by Axis air and naval forces. To sustain Malta, the United Kingdom had to get convoys through at all costs. Despite serious losses, just enough supplies were delivered for Malta to survive, although it ceased to be an effective offensive base for much of 1942. The most crucial supply was fuel delivered by the SS Ohio, an American-built tanker with a British crew. The operation started on 9 August 1942, when the convoy sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar.
The convoy is also known as the "Battle of Mid-August" in Italy and as the Konvoj ta' Santa Marija in Malta. The arrival of the last ships of the convoy on 15 August 1942, coincided with the Feast of the Assumption (Santa Marija) and the name Santa Marija Convoy or Sta Marija Convoy is still used. That day's public holiday and celebrations, in part, celebrate the arrival of the convoy. The attempt to run some fifty ships past bombers, E-boats, minefields, and submarines has gone down in military history as one of the most important. British strategic victories of the Second World War. However, it was at a cost of more than 400 lives, with only five of the original 14 merchant ships reaching the Grand Harbour.
13th August 1942.
Wikipedia and other sites.
Malta 2012 Operation Pedestal Issue SG?
Dorset was disabled by three near-miss bombs from German Ju-87 and Ju-88, and the engine room was flooded. The high octane fuel caught fire and the merchantman was abandoned and sank 25 miles NW of Linosa Island.
details
weight (tons): 10624 grt
dimensions : 156,4 x 20,9 x 9,9 m
material: steel
engine: 2x 8cyl diesel engines
power: 11000 b.h.p.
speed: 16 knots
Operation Pedestal was a British operation to get desperately needed supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta was the base from which surface ships, submarines and aircraft attacked Axis convoys carrying essential supplies to the Italian and German armies in North Africa. In 1941–42, Malta was effectively under siege, blockaded by Axis air and naval forces. To sustain Malta, the United Kingdom had to get convoys through at all costs. Despite serious losses, just enough supplies were delivered for Malta to survive, although it ceased to be an effective offensive base for much of 1942. The most crucial supply was fuel delivered by the SS Ohio, an American-built tanker with a British crew. The operation started on 9 August 1942, when the convoy sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar.
The convoy is also known as the "Battle of Mid-August" in Italy and as the Konvoj ta' Santa Marija in Malta. The arrival of the last ships of the convoy on 15 August 1942, coincided with the Feast of the Assumption (Santa Marija) and the name Santa Marija Convoy or Sta Marija Convoy is still used. That day's public holiday and celebrations, in part, celebrate the arrival of the convoy. The attempt to run some fifty ships past bombers, E-boats, minefields, and submarines has gone down in military history as one of the most important. British strategic victories of the Second World War. However, it was at a cost of more than 400 lives, with only five of the original 14 merchant ships reaching the Grand Harbour.
13th August 1942.
Wikipedia and other sites.
Malta 2012 Operation Pedestal Issue SG?