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Dudley William Mason GC (7 October 1901 – 26 April 1987) was the British master of the tanker SS Ohio during the Second World War. He commanded the tanker during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to relieve Malta. He was awarded the George Cross for this operation.
11 de oct. de 2017 · English: Operation Pedestal, August 1942 11 August: The loss of HMS EAGLE and the first air attacks: A general view of the convoy under air attack showing the intense anti-aircraft barrage put up by the escorts. The battleship HMS RODNEY is on the left and the cruiser HMS MANCHESTER on the right.
Waiwera, Waipawa, Wairangi. MV Waimarama was a UK refrigerated cargo liner. She was built in Northern Ireland for Shaw, Savill & Albion Line and launched in 1938. She carried perishable foods, particularly meat, from New Zealand to the United Kingdom . Waimarama took part in Operation Pedestal in August 1942.
English: Operation Pedestal, August 1942 Preliminary movements: 3 - 10 August 1942: Rear-Admiral H M Burrough, CB, who commanded the close escort (Force X), shaking hands with Captain Dudley Mason of the tanker OHIO, after a pre-sailing conference on board HMS NIGERIA.
13 de mar. de 2013 · English: Operation Pedestal, August 1942 12 August: Air Attacks: Army gunners man a 40mm Bofors gun aboard Melbourne Star.These weapons were intended for the air defence of Malta, and were nominally part of the cargo, but were used to supplement the ship's close range armament.
In a separate operation from Pedestal, the carrier HMS Furious, with a destroyer escort, was to fly off 38 Spitfire fighters as reinforcements for Malta. Backing up the fleet were two oilers with a corvette escort, a deep-sea rescue tug, and a salvage vessel. All in all, it was the largest naval operation to be set in motion in the Mediterranean.
13 de ago. de 2017 · Operation Pedestal was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta was a base from which British ships, submarines and aircraft attacked Axis convoys to the Axis forces in Libya and Egypt, during the North African Campaign (1940–1943). From 1940 to 1942, the Axis conducted the Siege of Malta, with air and naval forces ...
