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Operation Vigorous

Index Operation Vigorous

Operation Vigorous (Battaglia di mezzo giugno 1942, the Battle of mid-June 1942) was a British operation during the Second World War, to escort supply convoy MW11 from the eastern Mediterranean to Malta, which took place from 1942. [1]

74 relations: Angelo Iachino, Angelo Parona, Battle of the Mediterranean, Bonner Fellers, Commanders of World War II, Convoy battles of World War II, Dick Moore (GC), Fleet tender, G and H-class destroyer, Geoffrey Oliver, German submarine U-77 (1940), Giuseppe Fioravanzo, Henry Burrell (admiral), History of the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Napier (G97), HMAS Nestor (G02), HMAS Nizam (G38), HMAS Norman (G49), HMS Anson (79), HMS Birmingham (C19), HMS Centurion (1911), HMS Croome (L62), HMS Eagle (1918), HMS Euryalus (42), HMS Exmoor (L08), HMS Griffin (H31), HMS Grove (L77), HMS Hasty (H24), HMS Hero (H99), HMS Hotspur (H01), HMS Hursley (L84), HMS Javelin (F61), HMS Jervis, HMS Ledbury (L90), HMS Newcastle (C76), HMS Pakenham (G06), HMS Paladin (G69), HMS Tetcott (L99), HMS Unbroken, HMS Unison, HMS Unruffled, HMS Uproar, HMS Westcott (D47), Index of World War II articles (O), Italian battleship Littorio, Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto, Italian cruiser Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta, Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1936), Italian cruiser Gorizia, Italian destroyer Aviere (1937), ..., June 1942, Kampfgeschwader 100, Kampfgeschwader 54, List of Eastern Fleet ships, List of maritime disasters in World War II, List of naval and land-based operations in Mediterranean Sea area during World War II, List of naval battles, List of shipwrecks in June 1942, Littorio-class battleship, Military history of Australia during World War II, Navigatori-class destroyer, Operation Harpoon (1942), Operation Pedestal, Philip Vian, Raffaele de Courten, Regia Marina, Siege of Malta (World War II), SS Ohio, Timeline of World War II (1942), Tony Pugsley, Vigorous, 15th Cruiser Squadron, 1942 in aviation, 19th Air Division. Expand index (24 more) »

Angelo Iachino

Angelo Iachino (or Jachino; April 24, 1889–December 3, 1976) was an Italian admiral during World War II.

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Angelo Parona

Angelo Parona (April 23, 1889 – May 14, 1977) was an Italian admiral during World War II.

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Battle of the Mediterranean

The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.

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Bonner Fellers

Bonner Frank Fellers (February 7, 1896 – October 7, 1973) was a U.S. Army officer who served during World War II as military attaché and psychological warfare director.

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Commanders of World War II

The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.

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Convoy battles of World War II

Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of cargo ships assembled for mutual defense, and were attacked by enemy submarines, surface ships, and/or aircraft.

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Dick Moore (GC)

Richard Valentine Moore, (14 February 1916 – 25 April 2003), known as Dick Moore, was an officer of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who was awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed in rendering mines safe during the Blitz of 1940 despite having "no practical training'".

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Fleet tender

Fleet tenders were British merchant ships that were fitted with a wooden superstructure to resemble battleships or aircraft carriers during the Second World War.

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G and H-class destroyer

The G- and H-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

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Geoffrey Oliver

Admiral Sir Geoffrey Nigel Oliver & Two Bars (22 January 1898 – 26 May 1980) was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War.

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German submarine U-77 (1940)

German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack.

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Giuseppe Fioravanzo

Giuseppe Fioravanzo (14 August 1891 – 18 March 1975) was an Italian admiral.

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Henry Burrell (admiral)

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mackay Burrell, (13 August 1904 – 9 February 1988) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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History of the Royal Australian Navy

The history of the Royal Australian Navy traces the development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from the colonisation of Australia by the British in 1788.

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HMAS Napier (G97)

HMAS Napier (G97/D13) was an N-class destroyer serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

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HMAS Nestor (G02)

HMAS Nestor (G02) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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HMAS Nizam (G38)

HMAS Nizam (G38/D15) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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HMAS Norman (G49)

HMAS Norman (G49/D16) was an N-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

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HMS Anson (79)

HMS Anson was a battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson.

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HMS Birmingham (C19)

HMS Birmingham was a member of the first group of five ships of the of light cruisers.

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HMS Centurion (1911)

HMS Centurion was the second of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s.

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HMS Croome (L62)

HMS Croome was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Eagle (1918)

HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Euryalus (42)

HMS Euryalus was a ''Dido''-class cruiser of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Exmoor (L08)

The second HMS Exmoor (L08), ex-HMS Burton, was a destroyer of the Royal Navy in commission from 1941 to 1945.

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HMS Griffin (H31)

HMS Griffin (H31) was a G-class destroyer, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s.

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HMS Grove (L77)

HMS Grove (L77) was a destroyer of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Hasty (H24)

HMS Hasty was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the mid-1930s.

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HMS Hero (H99)

HMS Hero was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s.

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HMS Hotspur (H01)

HMS Hotspur was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

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HMS Hursley (L84)

HMS Hursley was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy.

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HMS Javelin (F61)

HMS Javelin was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938, and commissioned on 10 June 1939 with the pennant number F61.

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HMS Jervis

HMS Jervis, was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy named after Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823).

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HMS Ledbury (L90)

HMS Ledbury was an escort destroyer of the Hunt class Type II.

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HMS Newcastle (C76)

The seventh HMS Newcastle was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Pakenham (G06)

HMS Pakenham (G06) was a of the British Royal Navy built and operated during World War II.

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HMS Paladin (G69)

HMS Paladin was a P-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.

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HMS Tetcott (L99)

HMS Tetcott was a Type II British built for the Royal Navy during World War II.

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HMS Unbroken

HMS Unbroken (P42) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, and it was part of the third group of that class and has been the only vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

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HMS Unison

HMS Unison (P43) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, and part of the third group of that class.

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HMS Unruffled

HMS Unruffled was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.

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HMS Uproar

HMS Uproar (P31) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.

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HMS Westcott (D47)

HMS Westcott (D47) was a Royal Navy Admiralty W-class destroyer that served in the Second World War.

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Index of World War II articles (O)

# O-I.

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Italian battleship Littorio

Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship; she served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II.

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Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto

Vittorio Veneto was the second member of the that served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II.

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Italian cruiser Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta

Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta was an Italian light cruiser of the fourth group of the, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II.

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Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1936)

Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II.

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Italian cruiser Gorizia

Gorizia was the fourth and final member of the of heavy cruisers to be built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1930s.

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Italian destroyer Aviere (1937)

Aviere ("Airman") was one of seventeen s, built for the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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June 1942

The following events occurred in June 1942.

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Kampfgeschwader 100

Kampfgeschwader 100 (KG 100) was a Luftwaffe medium and heavy bomber wing of World War II, and the first military aviation unit to use an unpowered precision-guided munition in combat to sink a warship on 9 September 1943 with the destruction of the, in the first successful use of the Fritz X armor-piercing, gravity PGM ordnance.

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Kampfgeschwader 54

Kampfgeschwader 54 "Totenkopf"() (KG 54) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.

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List of Eastern Fleet ships

The Eastern Fleet was a World War II formation of the British Royal Navy.

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List of maritime disasters in World War II

A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action.

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List of naval and land-based operations in Mediterranean Sea area during World War II

This list of World War II military operations is for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern region land operations and operations within the Mediterranean Sea, e.g. naval operations such as:Category:Malta Convoys.

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List of naval battles

This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval fleet battles.

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List of shipwrecks in June 1942

The list of shipwrecks in June 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1942.

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Littorio-class battleship

The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class.

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Military history of Australia during World War II

Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany.

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Navigatori-class destroyer

The Navigatori class were a group of Italian destroyers built in 1928-29, named after Italian explorers.

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Operation Harpoon (1942)

Operation Harpoon (Battle of Pantelleria) was one of two simultaneous Allied convoys sent to supply Malta in the Axis-dominated central Mediterranean Sea in mid-June 1942, during the Second World War.

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Operation Pedestal

Operation Pedestal (Battaglia di Mezzo Agosto, "Battle of mid-August"), known in Malta as the Santa Marija Convoy (Il-Konvoj ta' Santa Marija), was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War.

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Philip Vian

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip Louis Vian & Two Bars (15 July 1894 – 27 May 1968) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars.

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Raffaele de Courten

Raffaele de Courten (Milan, 23 September 1888 - Frascati, 23 August 1978) was an Italian admiral.

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Regia Marina

The Royal Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) from 1861 to 1946.

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Siege of Malta (World War II)

The Siege of Malta in the Second World War was a military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre.

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SS Ohio

The SS Ohio was an oil tanker built for the Texas Oil Company (now Texaco).

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Timeline of World War II (1942)

This is a timeline of events that occurred during World War II in 1942.

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Tony Pugsley

Rear Admiral Anthony Follett Pugsley (7 December 1901 – 17 July 1990) was a British naval officer.

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Vigorous

Vigorous may refer to.

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15th Cruiser Squadron

The 15th Cruiser Squadron also known as Force K was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1940 to 1946.

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1942 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942.

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19th Air Division

The 19th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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Redirects here:

Convoy MW 11, Convoy MW-11, Convoy MW11.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vigorous

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