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Honour - Crete 1941 |
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Following the evacuation of Greece, the Germans next target in the
Mediterranean was Crete. The naval battle for the defence of Crete and subsequent evacuation of British and Commonwealth troops was between the Luftwaffe and the Royal Navy. Losses the Mediterranean fleet were heavy with 3 cruisers (Calcutta, Gloucester and Fiji), and 8 destroyers sunk (Kashmir, Hereward, Kelly, Greyhound, Juno, Diamond, Imperial, and Wryneck). Eleven major warships and nine destroyers were damaged.
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| HM Ships | ||||
| Abdiel | Ajax | Auckland | Barham | Calcutta |
| Carlisle | Coventry | Decoy | Defender | Dido |
| Fiji | Flamingo | Formidable | Glengyle | Glenroy |
| Gloucester | Greyhound | Griffin | Grimsby | Hasty |
| Havock | Hereward | Hero | Hotspur | Ilex |
| Imperial | Isis | Jackal | Jaguar | Janus |
| Jervis | Juno | Kandahar | Kashmir | Kelly |
| Kelvin | Kimberley | Kingston | Kipling | Kos21 |
| Kos22 | Kos23 | Lanner | Naiad | Napier |
| Nizam | Nubian | Orion | Perth | Phoebe |
| Queen Elizabeth | Rorqual | Salvia | Stuart | Syvern |
| Valiant | Vampire | Vendetta | Voyager | Warspite |
| Waterhen | Widnes | |||
| FAA Squadrons | ||||
| 805 | ||||
| Minor Vessels | ||||
| ML's | ||||
| 1011 | 1030 | 1032 | ||
| MTB's | ||||
| 67 | 213 | 216 | 217 | 314 |
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This page last edited -
08 September, 2012.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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