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The Ohio and Malta: The Legendary Tanker That Refused to Die by Michael Pearson

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The Ohio and Malta: The Legendary Tanker That Refused to Die by Michael Pearson

Author:Michael Pearson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HISTORY / Military / Naval
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9781783037117
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2011-12-06T16:00:00+00:00


*Designed to raise a curtain of water ahead of low flying torpedo bombers to break up their attacks.

Two-column formation intended but never actually achieved for passage through The Narrows.

Key:

g, h, s, t = minesweeping (T.S.D.S.) destroyers.

c, w = rescue destroyers.

Columns of merchantmen to be five cables (1,690 yards/1,545m) apart, ships in column to be three cables (1,013 yards/927m) apart.

Remaining destroyers to tuck in closely on either side of the convoy.

Diagram taken from Admiral Burrough’s original plan. By the time the two-column formation was attempted, ship No.11, Deucalion, and the tug Jaunty, were no longer with the main body of the convoy.

Diagram: PRO.ADM 199/1243.



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