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We can and must outlast them. Vendetta was relieved by HMAS Hobart (II) at Subic Bay in late March 1970. They were steering towards Taranto. 31 AUG 1918: World War I and the Battle of Mont St Quentin begins. At 2000 hours, ‘Force A’ was in position 34°37’N, 23°20’E. Force A than shaped course to the eastward and after dark At daylight, 27 May 1941, ‘Force A’, now consisted of the battleships Some 90 nautical miles to the north-west of Force A, Vice-Admiral Pridham-Whippel with Force A had been steering since daylight for the Kaso Strait to cover the withdrawal of At 1230 hours, on receipt of instructions from the Commander-in-Chief, Force A shaped course for Alexandria, arriving there at 1900 hours that evening. At least four aircraft which were parked in the open were reported to have been destroyed in addition to those in the hangars. HMAS Vendetta (D69/I69) (formerly HMS Vendetta (FA3/F29/D69)) was a V class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

As the battlefleet turned north after their action the at 2259 hours a burning and apparently stationary Italian cruiser could be seen about two nautical miles to the southward with what appeared to be another large cruiser circling slowly around her. This was done to deceive enemy spies based in Spain. On 16 September Italian forces occupied Sidi Barrani after a cautious advance from Sollum. Some hours previously Rear-Admiral Rawlings had signalled to the Commander-in-Chief that a rallying point further to the east would be better than one to the southwest of Kithera. At midnight the fleet was in position 34°35’N, 23°42’E. They were still opening out when at 1914 hours three or four enemy ships were sighted on the starboard bow. High level, dive bombing and torpedo. The By 1920 hours the C-in-C was aware of the position and formation of the enemy fleet and knew that Vice-Admiral Pridham-Whippell’s cruiser force was in touch with it. The position could not be held, however, and with Maleme no longer under fire, enemy troop carriers poured in reinforcements. The C-in-C at once turned to 280° and made for the reported position at 20 knots. Until 0722 hours the destroyer division had been spread in line abreast 1.5 nautical miles apart, carrying out an A/S sweep at 18 knots. Searchlights and gunfire was visible bearing 278°. At 1500 hours course was altered to 010° and to 140° at 1600 hours. The ‘Excess convoy from Gibraltar’ was made up of one ship that was to proceed with stores to Malta. at intervals on the 23rd, 25th, 26th and 27th of May.

The ship took up a heavy list, but was able to steam at 17 knots until half an hour later when another single machine dropped three bombs which hit above ‘A’ boiler room. (During 9 and 10 Janaury 1943 exercises were carried out with the Australian destroyers ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.

Meanwhile in the Heraklion sector the British troops were holding out. (A force 'Force C' departed Alexandria today to be available for bombadment duties in the Sollum area if required by the army. HMAS Vendetta went on in 1942 to make a name for herself in other parts of the Mediterranean, North Africa, Tobruk, Greece and Crete. Mack did so and quickly sent a signal if this included his forces. The valleys appeared to be filled with mist or fog and low clouds. During the attack on the harbour itself the merchants A little over four hours after they had been launched all aircraft had returned safely to The damaged cruiser arrived in Alexandria harbour shortly after noon this day. The embarkation went so quickly that for a time the beach was empty of troops. Ever.Confrontation.

Cover for this evacuation was provided by the light cruisers To replace the troop carrying capacity of the landing ship At 0915 hours, 20 May 1941, just three weeks after the British withdrawal from Greece, the German attack on Crete commenced. After examining Pegadia Bay (six miles to the northward of the airfield on the east coast of Scarpanto), and finding it empty, Force E retired to the southward. At 0800 hours, when in position 36°00’N, 21°04’E, course was altered to 240° to close convoy MF 4.

These warships were divided into two forces; Air attacks on Force C commenced at 0700/22 and were continued without intermission. Three aircraft dropped six bombs just astern of At 1145 hours, an A/S patrol aircraft dropped a bomb on a suspected submarine some two nautical miles from ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------