In Passage Perilous: Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942

Index

Aagtekerk, 96, 101, 121 Abadan, 28 Abdiel, 25 Aberdare, 101 Abruzzi, 31 Acciaio, 128 Aden, 2, 7, 211 Admiral Graf Spee, 54, 67 Adriatic Sea, 18, 208–209 Aegean Sea, 12, 15, 19, 177, 208 African convoys, 37, 207; and amounts delivered , 19, 27, 39, 43–44, 53, 59, 61, 202– 204; and Germany, 22, 40; and losses suffered, 24, 29, 32–36, 202–203 Agostino Bertani, 59 Airedale, 97, 105, 117, 121 Ajax (cruiser), 17, 29 Ajax (transport), 96, 121 Alagi, 128, 138, 139, 190 Alberico da Barbiano, 36 Alberto di Giussano, 36 Aldenham, 95, 97; and air attacks, 117, 120; and S-boats, 105, 177 Alexander, A. H., 95 Alexandria, xii, 4, 12, 20, 36, 215; evacuation of, 175, 177; and Operation Vigorous , 87, 90, 96; as submarine base, 27, 59, 91 Algeria, 8, 205 Almeria Lykes, 190, 191, 193 Alpino, 102 Altmark, 92 Amazon, 181 Ambra, 60 Antelope, 125–26, 129, 135, 180 Antwerp, 95, 98, 104 Anzio, landings at, 209 Aosta (cruiser), 102, 109, 130 Aosta (transport), 44 Aquitania, 1 Aradam, 70, 141 Arctic convoys, 32, 63–64, 173, 181 Ardeola, 201 Argus, 55, 171; and air attacks on, 133–34, 136–38; and Harpoon, 125–26, 142 Ark Royal, 15, 18, 25, 30, 31; sunk, 34 Arliss, S. H., 94, 97 Armstrong, H. T., 126, 138 Ascari: experience, 148; and Pantelleria, Battle of, 147, 149, 155, 162, 164–65; and Sirte, Second Battle of, 48 Ashanti, 181, 188–89, 192, 195–97 Atlantic, Battle of, 32, 64, 69, 206, 211–12 Attendolo, 31, 194–95 Auchinleck, Claude, 29, 43, 53, 57, 60–61 Augusta, 59, 168 Aurora, 34 Austen, N. H., 95 Index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. 253 254 Index Australia, 2, 65, 69 Aventino, 177 Aviere, 102, 116 Avon Vale, 47, 51 Bacicalupi, Vittorio, 102 Badsworth: and mines, 168–69; and Operation Ascendant, 182; and Operation Harpoon, 124, 127, 129; and Pantelleria, Battle of, 149, 153, 156, 158, 162, 164, 166 Bande Nere, 48, 59 Bantam, 206 Bardia, 12, 36 Barents Sea, Battle of, 52, 173 Barham, 18, 24, 26, 35 Beaufort, 95, 97, 118, 124 Bedouin, 129, 140; attack of, 146, 148–49; damaged, 152, 154; and Pantelleria, Battle of, 143–44, 156, 160, 162; sunk, 164, 165 Benghazi, 34; attacks on, 59, 90, 203; captured , 43, 206 Berconshire, 43 Bergamini, Carlo, 41, 42, 43, 44 Bersagliere, 102 Beta Convoy, Battle of, 34, 214 Bhutan, 96, 99, 103, 104, 121 Bicester, 181, 188–89 Birch, J. T., 95 Birmingham, 95, 104–105, 115, 118 Bismarck, 67, 92, 124 Black Sea, 208 Blankney, 124, 169–70; and mines, 168–69; and Operation Harpoon, 127, 129, 140; and Pantelleria, Battle of, 143, 146, 149, 151, 156, 158, 166 Bockett-Pugh, I. H., 126 Bolzano, 86, 132, 194, 195 Boston, 95, 98, 100 Bramham, 181, 186, 189, 191 Breconshire, 25, 30–31, 36, 41, 42; and Sirte, Second Battle of, 46; sunk, 51 Brett, R. E., 95 Brisbane Star, 189, 191, 195, 198 Britain, Battle of, 20, 67 British Empire, 65, 206; and shipping, 2, 210; strength of, 13, 62–63 Bronzo, 128 Brown Ranger, 125, 127, 129, 181 Bulkoil, 96, 98, 103, 104, 121 Burdwan, 124, 128, 132, 160, 162, 166 Burrough, Harold M., 188, 189, 192, 195, 196, 198; and biography of, 180 Bush, E. W., 94 Cagliari, air attacks on, 59, 88 Cairo, 169; and minefields, 167–68; and Operation Harpoon, 125, 126, 129, 132, 139; and Operation Pedestal, 181, 188– 90; and Pantelleria, Battle of, 143–46, 148–49, 158, 164 Calabria, Action off, 14, 148, 173 Calcutta, 26 Calitea, 35 Camicia Nera, 102, 116 Campioni, Inigo, 22 Canaris, Wilhelm, 9 Cape Bon, 179, 182; and Battle of, 36; and Operation Harpoon, 139–40, 170; and Operation Pedestal, 184, 190, 191, 198 Cape Passero, Battle of, 17 Cape Spartivento, Battle of, 18, 22, 148 Capetown, 227n35 Capone, Teodorico, 147 Carabiniere, 44 Carlisle, 26, 46, 47, 48, 51 Cavagnair, Domenico, 13 Cavallero, Ugo, xiii, 40, 97, 205 Cavour, 18 Centauro, 45 Centurion, 92, 93, 95, 98, 121; and air attacks on, 103, 117–18 Cesare, 96 Ceylon, 1, 66, 108, 211 Chant, 124, 128, 132, 161, 164; attacked, 150–51 Chapman, A. C., 94 Charybdis: and Operation Harpoon, 125, index 255 133, 139, 142, 170; and Operation Pedestal , 180, 190, 192, 195, 196 Churchill, Winston S., 2, 7, 67, 68, 209; and Admiral Harwood, 54, 89; and France, 13...