Thursday, 13 August

MALTA CONVOY, OPERATION PEDESTAL (continued)

Light cruiser MANCHESTER (Captain H Drew DSC) was badly damaged by Italian MTBs in the Central Mediterranean.
Py/Ty/Sub Lt (E) L M Frankland RNVR and twelve ratings were killed.
One hundred and fifty eight ratings, three wounded officers and two wounded ratings were taken off by destroyer PATHFINDER.
She was later scuttled and more crew rescued from rafts by destroyers ESKIMO and SOMALI.
A total of 13 officers and 308 ratings were rescued. Captain Drew, Warrant Engineer A F Budden, Lt J H Akram RM, Gunner G H Burnett, Gunner (T) G Casey, Surgeon Cdr F L Cassidi, Lt B H Clinkard, Paymaster Midshipman J H M Cocks RCN, Act/Lt (E) R D Cooper, Paymaster Lt A A D Cope RNVR, Ty/Lt A J Daniels RNVR, Lt Cdr D A R Duff DSC, Lt (E) G M Fletcher, Lt (E) O J George, Cdr H B C Gill DSC, Lt T B Jeans RM, Cdr D H Johnston, Lt (E) N H Malim, Warrant Shipwright H Matthews, Midshipman L L G C Parker, Surgeon Lt E C Powell, MRCS, LRCP RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt Preshaw RNVR, Ty/Lt (E) P M Rambant, Warrant Ordnance Officer A E Reddy, Cdr (E) J Robb, Sub Lt (A) C K Roberts RNVR, Lt G V B Russell, Sub Lt (A) N R Selkirk RNVR, Lt (E) E C Sutton, Ty/Sub Lt J E Tabor RNVR, Gunner D Turner, Lt H Wake, Midshipman G B Walker, Sub Lt (A) P D V Wheeler RNVR, Midshipman J C E White, Gunner E Whiteside, Midshipman A H Wilmot RCN, Midshipman G C Yorke and four hundred and eighty seven ratings were interned by the Vichy French at Algiers.
The internees were released on 11 November after the invasion of North African.
Several of the ship’s officers were court martialled and the court ruled that MANCHESTER had been scuttled prematurely.

Destroyer FORESIGHT (Lt Cdr R A Fell) was sunk by aircraft torpedo in the Central Mediterranean.
Lt H R Evans and three ratings were missing, and one rating died of wounds.

Royal Navy personnel were also involved in the loss of three of the merchant ships sunk during PEDESTAL:

CLAN FERGUSON, ten merchant seaman including Master K N Vooght OBE, twenty Royal Navy ratings and two Royal Artillery gunners were lost.
Italian ships picked up fifty three survivors, including Lt Cdr I H H Meiklejohn Rtd and Lt H Grimston RNR of SPARTIATE.
Meikeljohn was taken to Germany and remained a POW for the rest of the war.

WAIMARAMA, Sixty three merchant seaman including Master R S Pearce, fourteen Royal Navy ratings and sixteen Royal Artillery gunners were lost.
Lt J S M Withers of Operations Division and Lt D P Bent RNR of EAGLET were taken prisoner.

GLENORCHY, Eight Merchant seaman and one Royal Artillery gunner were lost.
German MTB.S.31, which with S.26, had sunk her,
picked up eight survivors as prisoners of war, including Cdr L CAnsdell of Operations Division.

马耳他船队，“踏板 “行动（续）

轻巡洋舰 “曼彻斯特 “号（舰长 H Drew DSC）在地中海中部被意大利 MTB 严重损坏。
L M Frankland RNVR 中校（E）和 12 名士兵阵亡。
158 名士兵、3 名受伤的军官和 2 名受伤的士兵被驱逐舰 PATHFINDER 号带走。
该舰后来被击沉，更多的船员被驱逐舰 ESKIMO 号和 SOMALI 号从木筏上救起。
共有 13 名军官和 308 名士兵获救。
船长德鲁、准工程师 A F 布登、中尉 J H 阿克拉姆 RM、炮手 G H 伯内特、炮手 (T) G 凯西、外科医生中校 F L 卡西迪、中尉 B H 克林卡德、军需官中尉 J H M 考克斯 RCN、军需官中尉 (E) R D 库珀、军需官中尉 A A D 考普 RNVR、军需官中尉 A J 丹尼尔 RNVR、 D A R Duff DSC 中校、G M Fletcher 中尉（E）、O J George 中尉（E）、H B C Gill DSC 中校、T B Jeans RM 中尉、D H Johnston 中校、N H Malim 中尉（E）、准尉船工 H Matthews、中尉 L L G C Parker、外科医生 E C Powell 中尉（MRCS、LRCP RNVR）、 海军军士长/代理/普雷肖副中尉（RNVR），海军军士长/中尉（E）P-M-兰班特，准尉军需官 A-E-雷迪，海军军士长（E）J-罗布，海军军士长（A）C-K-罗伯茨副中尉，海军军士长G-V-B-拉塞尔中尉，海军军士长（A）N-R-塞尔柯克副中尉，海军军士长（E）E-C-萨顿中尉，海军军士长/J-E-塔伯副中尉（RNVR），炮手D-特纳、 H Wake 中尉、G B Walker 中士、P D V Wheeler RNVR 副中尉（A）、J C E White 中士、E Whiteside 炮手、A H Wilmot RCN 中士、G C Yorke 中士和 487 名士兵被维希法国人关押在阿尔及尔。
入侵北非后，这些被拘留者于 11 月 11 日获释。
舰上的几名军官被送上军事法庭，法庭裁定曼彻斯特号被提前拆毁。

FORESIGHT号驱逐舰（R A Fell中校）在地中海中部被飞机鱼雷击沉。
H R Evans中尉和三名士兵失踪，一名士兵因伤死亡。

英国皇家海军人员还参与了三艘商船的沉没：

在 “CLAN FERGUSON “号上，包括 K N Vooght OBE 船主在内的 10 名商船海员、20 名皇家海军士兵和 2 名皇家炮兵炮手失踪。
意大利船只救起了 53 名幸存者，其中包括 I H H Meiklejohn Rtd 中校和 SPARTIATE 的 H Grimston RNR 中校。
Meikeljohn 被带到德国，在战争余下的时间里一直是战俘。

怀马拉马号，包括 R S 皮尔斯船长在内的 63 名商船海员、14 名皇家海军官兵和 16 名皇家炮兵丧生。
作战部的 J S M Withers 中尉和 EAGLET 的 D P Bent RNR 中尉被俘。

GLENORCHY 号，8 名商船海员和 1 名皇家炮兵炮手阵亡。
德国 MTB.S.31 号与 S.26 号一起将其击沉，并俘虏了八名幸存者，其中包括作战部的 L CAnsdell 中校。\\