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The death of the escort destroyer "Vega"

In December, the British began bombing the ports of southern Italy from airfields in Malta and Greece. Their main goal was Naples, because it was the starting point of the Libyan convoys. In addition, most of the Italian fleet was transferred to Naples after the attack of Taranto on November 12. Considering the difficult situation in which the battle fleet found itself, it was impossible to afford the risk of losing at least one more battleship. Therefore, after the raid on Naples on December 14, when the cruiser Pola was hit, the fleet also left Naples. The ships divided into 2 groups, one went to Maddalena, the other to Cagliari. This transfer of ships further west further limited the fleet's strategic capabilities in the central Mediterranean.

The British immediately exploited their advantage by sending a small convoy from Alexandria to Malta. The Italian fleet received, as usual, belated and incomplete information about him. It was for this reason, and not at all for deep strategic reasons, that the convoy was met only by submarines and aircraft. During the operation, the Italian submarine Serpente sank the British destroyer Hilerion southeast of Malta. To prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the relocation of the fleet to Sardinia, some of the ships had to be returned to Naples, despite the threat from the air.

On January 8, 1941, it became known that the Gibraltar formation had moved east. This included the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, and Supermarina decided that the operation would consist of transferring new aircraft to Malta from an aircraft carrier from the area south of the Balearic Islands. In this case, the Italian fleet did not have time to reach the scene of action in order to disrupt the British operation. Since the next day Italian intelligence did not notice the British formation, it was concluded that the enemy had turned back to Gibraltar. That night Naples was subjected to a new, particularly strong raid, during which the Cesare was damaged. Supermarina sent her to La Spezia for repairs and ordered the Vittorio Veneto to escort the damaged battleship. Since Vittorio Veneto was the last undamaged Italian battleship, it seemed unwise to expose her to the risk of further bombardment.

The paucity of intelligence reports prevented the Italian command from realizing that the British were conducting a major coordinated operation throughout the Mediterranean. It was therefore with the greatest amazement that Supermarina began to receive reports, however unclear and scattered, on January 9, indicating the presence of British ships north of Tunisia. They were moving towards the Strait of Sicily. Since it was no longer possible to intercept them before they passed Cape Bon, there was nothing left to do but leave hastily assembled torpedo boats to patrol near Bon and Malta. In addition, 2 escort destroyers were sent to the Pantelleria area.

On January 9, just north of Tunisia, the Gibraltar group turned back, 4 supply ships, 1 cruiser and 4 ships separated and went to Malta. At the same time, the British fleet of Alexandria, located east of Malta, sent a group consisting of the cruisers Southampton and Bonaventure and 2 destroyers to Cape Bon to meet the convoy. Heavy seas forced the Italian patrol torpedo boats to return to port. However, on January 10 at 7.41, two small escort destroyers Vega and Chirche, despite enemy superiority and dawn, launched a torpedo attack, opening fire on the British cruisers. They were met by furious fire and fire. As Admiral Cunningham mentions in his memoirs, Bonaventure spent 75% of its ammunition firing at these ships, and could not operate for the next 2 weeks due to lack of ammunition.

A little later, 2 destroyers turned to retreat. But, if “Mirches” managed to break away, receiving only fragmentation hits, “Negu” was covered with a full-fledged salvo. Since the ship received fatal damage, its commander, Captain 2nd Rank Fontana, turned back towards the enemy to make his shooting more effective. The ship continued to fire from all guns and machine guns from a short distance. When the destroyer sank, the commander sacrificed his life, giving his life jacket to the sailor and remaining on the ship.

Some time later, observation posts on Pantelleria reported that they saw two ships standing still and engulfed in fire. However, there is still no information about British losses. The Admiralty has published only Admiral Cunningham's general report and is keeping details of the battle with the two destroyers secret. Something else is firmly clear - the attack of two destroyers indirectly led to success, as it lured the British squadron to a minefield south of Pantelleria. The destroyer Gallant hit a mine and lost its bow. The British destroyer managed to reach Malta, but never entered service until the end of the war.

At 12.30, massive raids by the Italian Air Force and X Air Corps began. For the first time, the German Luftwaffe took part in battles in the Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft carrier Illustrious received severe damage from hits from 6 bombs. Severe fires started on it, and he barely managed to get to Malta. If X Air Corps' raids on Malta had begun immediately rather than six days later, it is quite possible that the carrier would no longer have entered service. However, the British made good use of the respite provided. They hastily repaired the Illustrious and transferred it to Alexandria. By chance, this fact went completely unnoticed by Italian intelligence. But in any case, the ship had to go to the United States for major repairs, and the Alexandria Fleet was left as an aircraft carrier base for two months. Then Formidable arrived.

On January 11, during an air attack, the Southampton was seriously damaged, and the British had to scuttle the cruiser themselves. That same night, ships heading to Malta were attacked by the submarine Settimo.

Since the information about the enemy was very confusing and contradictory, Supermarina believed that the Italian fleet would be able to take advantage of a favorable situation if such a situation arose (The damage to the Gallant and Illustrious became known only a few days later, the death of the Southampton was learned much later. And all the details of the operation became known only after the war). In this case, the squadron that arrived in La Spezia was ordered to head back south. The battleship Doria had just completed modernization and was in La Spezia for exercises. He received orders to join the squadron in place of the damaged Cesare. Since the situation that had been hoped for did not arise, after about 15 hours the ships were ordered to return to La Spezia. This time Supermarina benefited from the end of the British operation. In the period from January 12 to 24, she managed to conduct several especially important convoys along the Line. They passed without opposition from the enemy.

On January 24, British activity was noticed in the Benghazi area. This time X Air Corps attempted the first massive attack on ships at sea. However, the first wave of 113 aircraft failed to detect their target. Another group of 25 aircraft attacked the enemy, but did not achieve serious results. This group eventually lost formation, 12 vehicles landed in IJeiinnn, and 4 completely landed on the water. This incident showed that no matter how courageous and experienced the crews are, special training is required for operations over the sea.

On February 1, the Gibraltar group was again spotted in the sea south of the Balearic Islands. The Italian fleet once again prepared to go to sea. But the British did not come closer and the next morning they sent 8 torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier to attack the hydroelectric dam in Tirso. This attack did not bring them success.

That same day, a civilian aircraft en route to Tripoli spotted a convoy coming from the east towards Malta. Italian reconnaissance planes again failed to detect him. X Air Corps sent planes to attack the convoy, but none of the planes found their target.

The events of the second half of December, January 9-11 and February 2 again confirmed the complete helplessness of Italian air reconnaissance. Each time this reduced the effectiveness of the fleet's actions to zero. If Italian ships entered battle suffering from severe myopia, then British aerial reconnaissance allowed its ships to operate freely, without fear of any surprises. It was well equipped technically, acted tactically skillfully, and carried out many more flights. Of course, this had a heavy impact on the actions of the Italian fleet.

To summarize, the work of the reconnaissance air units of the Italian fleet was deadly, and it would be unfair to demand better results from them. Given that the crews were putting up with long flight hours and imperfect equipment, their burden should have been eased. In any case, the aircraft allocated for these purposes were unable to conduct long-range strategic reconnaissance, which became more and more necessary. When X Air Corps arrived, the Navy reconsidered its approach to the problem in order to establish cooperation with representatives of the German and Italian air forces. As a result, responsibilities were redistributed. There were hopes that this would radically improve the situation. It was decided that the aviation units of the fleet would take over coastal and short-range reconnaissance. The Italian Air Force will conduct reconnaissance in the western Mediterranean and along the route of Libyan convoys. X Air Corps assumed reconnaissance duties in the eastern and central Mediterranean.

Although the Navy had greatly eased the burden on its air force, it turned out that the improvement in aerial reconnaissance was more quantitative than qualitative. It immediately became clear that getting Luftwaffe and Italian Air Force pilots to accept the fleet's communications system and its methods of assessing visual contacts was unlikely to be possible. Although such training was absolutely necessary for intelligence to operate effectively. As a result, conflicting reports were received, and it was not possible to determine which of them was most accurate.

On January 4, the escort destroyer Pegaso was attacked by a British torpedo bomber near Cape Bon. On the afternoon of January 27, a convoy of 3 ships heading to Tripoli was subjected to a similar attack. These two episodes clearly showed that the effective range of torpedo bombers from Malta had exceeded the previously existing limit of 100 miles. Therefore, a large section of the route of Italian convoys along the Tunisian coast came under the influence of enemy aircraft. And this required reaching an agreement with the Italian Air Force and the Luftwaffe on air cover - at least for the most important convoys, which at that time simply did not have such cover. Given the limited capabilities of fighter aircraft of that time, it was necessary to adopt routing and navigation systems that would make fullest use of the advantages of air cover during the day. Compliance with these requirements would reduce the importance of other security measures taken by the fleet. But the shortage of aircraft, their poor flight characteristics, deficiencies in technical organization, and lack of special training caused great losses in men and aircraft, at times too great losses. Therefore, the desired results were obtained only from case to case. Since that time, air cover has become one of the most pressing problems facing the fleet. This is what prevented the fleet from achieving the expected effectiveness of its actions.

The last piece of Joseph Caruana's work is the destroyers that died not exactly in Malta, but connected with it.

The fates of two more destroyers are also tragically connected with Malta.
"Gallant" ( H.M.S. « Gallant"(in service since February 25, 1936; 1356 tons; 36 knots; 145 people; 4x120 mm guns, 8x533 mm TA)

He was part of the Mediterranean Fleet during Operation Access, during which on January 10, 1941 he was blown up by a mine east of the island. Pantelleria (at 36°27’N, 13°11’E - apparently at an Italian minefield 7AN). The ship lost about 30 meters of its bow and 58 crew members. His “stump” was towed to Malta at 07:00 on January 11 by the destroyer Mohawk. On January 20, the Gallant was declared unsuitable for restoration and was scheduled for scrapping. A year later, on April 5, 1942, the ship was grounded on a sandbank in the inner harbor of La Valletta, near Floriana, in order to prevent it from sinking in the fairway. In mid-August 1944, the destroyer was still on the ground, but the further fate of the Gallant remains unclear. Perhaps its hull was towed to England and dismantled there, or perhaps it was subsequently sunk at great depths right off the coast of Malta.

Damaged Gallant in Malta on April 28, 1941.

...and this is much later

"Havoc" ( H.M.S. « Havock"; in service since February 25, 1936; 1396 t; 36 knots; 145 people; 4x120 mm guns, 8x533 mm TA)

In March 1942 he was part of the escort of the convoy "M.W.-10". On March 22, during the Second Battle of the Gulf of Sirte, the destroyer was damaged by close explosions of 381-mm shells from the Italian battleship Littorio.C With the aft boiler room flooded, the ship arrived in Malta the next morning. It was immediately brought into Dock No. 3 and repairs to the damage began. After docking, on March 27, the Havelk was sent to the shipyard to restore the integrity of the freeboard, cut by shrapnel. On April 3, the destroyer was hit by a nearby bomb explosion. In order not to tempt fate, they decided to take him off the island without waiting for the repair work to be completed, as soon as he was able to move on his own. On the evening of April 5, Havok left Malta, heading for Gibraltar, but the next day at about 04:15 it ran aground off the coast of Tunisia in the Kelibia area, at 36°48'N, 11°08'E. All attempts to remove her were unsuccessful. They decided to sink the ship at the scene of the accident. None of the crew were injured as a result of all these vicissitudes. On the same day, the skeleton of the Havoc was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Aradam. The remains of the ship were still visible on the surface for several years, but then the hull sank into the bottom silt, and the upper superstructures were destroyed by storms.

Havoc torpedoed by the Italian submarine Aradam

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Packages are available for purchase from July 19, 10:00 (Moscow time) until August 9, 5:00 (Moscow time). Gallant is a destroyer of the British fleet that took part in the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk. In World of Warships, he is located at level VI of the British branch. On its side is good camouflage combined with powerful torpedoes with a range of 8 km. In the arsenal: Two four-tube torpedo tubes. The torpedo range is 8 km, and the maximum damage is 15,433 units. The ability to fire torpedoes from each torpedo tube either as a single fan or one after the other. With each torpedo, adjust the launch direction, increasing accuracy and leaving the enemy no chance to evade. Not a bad disguise for this level. Remain undetected by enemy ships at a distance of up to 6.8 km. Increased profitability in loans, as well as +50% to experience due to camouflage. Exclusive challenges Please note: from July 19, 9:00 (Moscow time) to August 9, 9:00 (Moscow time), owners of the destroyer Gallant have access to special challenges that will allow them to earn containers with special flag signals and emblems for the Dunkirk collection. Please note: tests are available for completion from July 19, 9:00 (Moscow time) to August 9, 9:00 (Moscow time). Combat mission “Contribution to the common cause” In a victorious battle, be in the top 5 of the team in terms of experience.

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