BRITISH NAVAL ESCORT AND CONVOY IN MEDITERRANEAN. SEPTEMBER 1941, ON BOARD HMS SHEFFIELD, ESCORTING A MALTA CONVOY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (OPERATION HALBERD). THE CONVOY GOT THROUGH TO MALTA AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY THREE GROUPS OF ENEMY TORPEDO-BOMBERS HEAVILY ESCORTED BY FIGHTERS IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN. 14 ENEMY AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED AND HMS NELSON WAS DAMAGED BY AN AERIAL TORPEDO. - The 4" guns of HMS SHEFFIELD firing during an enemy attack. The ship has made a wide turning as shown by the wake. Broom and bucket are in evidence on the left where officers and men wearing steel helmets w
BRITISH NAVAL ESCORT AND CONVOY IN MEDITERRANEAN. SEPTEMBER 1941, ON BOARD HMS SHEFFIELD, ESCORTING A MALTA CONVOY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (OPERATION HALBERD). THE CONVOY GOT THROUGH TO MALTA AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY THREE GROUPS OF ENEMY TORPEDO-BOMBERS HEAVILY ESCORTED BY FIGHTERS IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN. 14 ENEMY AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED AND HMS NELSON WAS DAMAGED BY AN AERIAL TORPEDO. - The 4" guns of HMS SHEFFIELD firing during an enemy attack. The ship has made a wide turning as shown by the wake. Broom and bucket are in evidence on the left where officers and men wearing steel helmets with anti-splinter curtains, are at action stations
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