Red links, could probably be removed until they are created.
If Operation MA3 exists, please link.
It's really one of the sub-convoys to Malta and doesn't really merit an article of their own.
"Short Sunderland L5804 of the RAF." Launched from where? Anything on why there would be a discrepancy between the two times?
I don't know where it was based at, although I know that there were RAF sea plane bases in Malta and Alexandria. As for the time discrepancy, I don't know either. Perhaps the sub was merely damaged by the first attack and was sunk by the Sunderland after repairs. Or maybe neither attack actually sank it. The cause is a bit of a mystery.
"splinters from a near-miss from the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare" Why would she be hit by splinters of a near miss? Was the shell throwing off chunks in it's flight, or did it hit another ship in the area, causing collateral damage to Decoy?
No, the shell detonated when it hit the water.
Germans invaded on 22 May (Operation Merkur)-> Germans
invaded Crete on 22 May or Germans invaded on 22 May in/as part of Operation Merkur
Red links, could probably be removed until they are created.
If Operation MA3 exists, please link.
It's really one of the sub-convoys to Malta and doesn't really merit an article of their own.
"Short Sunderland L5804 of the RAF." Launched from where? Anything on why there would be a discrepancy between the two times?
I don't know where it was based at, although I know that there were RAF sea plane bases in Malta and Alexandria. As for the time discrepancy, I don't know either. Perhaps the sub was merely damaged by the first attack and was sunk by the Sunderland after repairs. Or maybe neither attack actually sank it. The cause is a bit of a mystery.
"splinters from a near-miss from the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare" Why would she be hit by splinters of a near miss? Was the shell throwing off chunks in it's flight, or did it hit another ship in the area, causing collateral damage to Decoy?
No, the shell detonated when it hit the water.
Germans invaded on 22 May (Operation Merkur)-> Germans
invaded Crete on 22 May or Germans invaded on 22 May in/as part of Operation Merkur