pinkman26: Along with the start of Operation Dynamo, Gallant, a destroyer of the British Navy, a participant in the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, arrived in the Premium Store of the game. From July 19 10:00 AM (UTC) to August 9 05:00 AM (UTC), don't miss the opportunity to acquire a newcomer! As a reminder, from July 19, 09:00 (UTC) to August 9, 09:00 (UTC), owners of the destroyer Gallant will have access to special challenges. You can find out more about them. Please note that packages from the Dunkirk collection are also available for purchase. | | | Gallant Buy package Includes: Tier VI destroyer Gallant; slot. Gallant. Big set (20% discount) Buy a package Includes: Tier VI destroyer Gallant; slot; 2500 doubloons; 30 days of premium account. Gallant. Admiral's Pack (30% discount) Buy a package Includes: Tier VI destroyer Gallant; slot; 5000 doubloons; 30 days of premium account; 100 Equal Speed ​​Charlie London signals; 100 Zulu signals; unique flag.
Packages are available for purchase from July 19, 10:00 (UTC) until August 9, 05:00 (UTC). Gallant was a destroyer of the British Navy that took part in the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk. In World of Warships, he is located at Tier VI of the British branch. On his side - good camouflage, combined with powerful torpedoes with a range of 8 km. In the arsenal: Two four-tube torpedo tubes. The range of torpedoes is 8 km, and the maximum damage is 15,433 units. The ability to fire torpedoes from each torpedo tube both in a single fan and in turn, one after another. With each torpedo, adjust the direction of the launch, increasing accuracy and leaving no chance for the enemy to dodge. Good disguise for this level. Stay undetected by enemy ships at a distance of up to 6.8 km. Increased yield in loans, as well as +50% to experience due to camouflage. Exclusive Challenges Please note that from July 19, 09:00 (UTC) to August 9, 09:00 (UTC), special trials are available to owners of the Gallant destroyer, which will allow you to earn containers with special flag signals and emblems for the Dunkirk collection. Please note: Challenges are available for completion from July 19, 09:00 (UTC) to August 9, 09:00 (UTC). "Contribution to the Common Cause" combat mission In a winning battle, be among the top 5 teams by experience.
Reward: standard collection container.

Available modes: scenarios, random, ranked and co-op battles. A combat mission can be completed once a day. "Operation Hero" combat mission In a winning battle, be among the top 1 teams by experience.
Reward: large collection container.
Available ships: Tier VI destroyer Gallant.
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Buy a package Includes: 1 Dunkirk collection container with an increased reward. The package includes 1 container with an increased reward from the Dunkirk collection. Please note: the package can only be purchased once. Each container contains the following prizes: One collection item - an emblem for the Dunkirk collection. Two sets, each of which includes 7 random special signals. Well, if luck smiles - 15 signals each. In containers, you can randomly drop the following types of special flag signals: Wyvern signal - +50% credits; signal "Red Dragon" - + 100% to experience, + 100% to commander experience; signal "Ouroboros" - + 777% to free experience; Hydra signal - +50% to experience, +150% to commander experience, +250% to free experience; "Dragon" signal - +333% to commander's experience per battle. You will learn more about the Dunkirk collection. Dunkirk collection container
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The last piece of Josef Caruan's work is the destroyers that died not quite in Malta, but associated with it.

The fates of two more destroyers are also tragically connected with Malta.
"Gallant" ( HMS « Gallant"(in service since February 25, 1936; 1356 tons; 36 knots; 145 people; 4 × 120 mm guns, 8 × 533 mm TA)

He was part of the Mediterranean Fleet during Operation Excess, during which on January 10, 1941 he was blown up by a mine east of about. Pantelleria (at 36°27’N, 13°11’E - apparently on an Italian minefield 7AN). The ship lost about 30 meters of the bow and 58 crew members. His "stump" at 07:00 on January 11, the destroyer "Mohawk" was towed to Malta. On January 20, the Gallant was declared unsuitable for restoration and was assigned for scrapping. A year later, on April 5, 1942, the ship was put ashore in the inner harbor of La Valletta, near Floriana, in order to prevent it from sinking in the fairway. In mid-August 1944, the destroyer was still on the ground, but the fate of the Gallant remains unclear. Perhaps his hull was towed to England and dismantled there, or perhaps later sunk at great depths right there off the coast of Malta.

Damaged Gallant at Malta 28 April 1941

... and this is already much later

"Havok" ( HMS « Havok»; in service since February 25, 1936; 1396 t; 36 knots; 145 people; 4 × 120 mm guns, 8 × 533 mm TA)

In March 1942 he was part of the escort of the convoy "MW-ten". On March 22, during the Second Battle in the Gulf of Sirte, the destroyer was damaged by close bursts of 381-mm shells from the Italian battleship Littorio.C flooded aft boiler room the next morning, the ship arrived in Malta. He was immediately taken to dock number 3 and began to repair the damage. After docking, on March 27, Havelk was sent to the shipyard to restore the integrity of the freeboard, which had been cut by shrapnel. On April 3, the destroyer was hit by an air bomb close by. In order not to tempt fate, they decided to take him away from the island, without waiting for the completion of repair work, as soon as he could move on his own. On the evening of April 5, Havok left Malta for Gibraltar, but the next day around 04:15 she ran aground off the coast of Tunisia in the region of Kelibia, at 36°48'N, 11°08'E. All attempts to withdraw from it ended unsuccessfully. They decided to sink the ship at the site of the accident. None of the crew as a result of all these vicissitudes was not injured. On the same day, the Havok hull was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Aradam. The remains of the ship were still visible on the surface for several years, but then the hull sank into the bottom silt, and the upper superstructures were destroyed by storms.

Havok torpedoed by the Italian submarine Aradam

The death of the escort destroyer "Vega"

In December, the British began bombing the ports of southern Italy from airfields in Malta and Greece. Their main goal was Naples, because it was the starting point of the Libyan convoys. In addition, after the attack of Taranto on November 12, most of the Italian fleet was transferred to Naples. Given the difficult situation in which the battle fleet found itself, it was impossible to afford the risk of losing even 1 battleship. Therefore, after the raid on Naples on December 14, when the cruiser Pola was hit, the fleet also left Naples. The ships were divided into 2 groups, one went to Maddalena, the other to Cagliari. This transfer of ships further west further limited the fleet's strategic operations in the central Mediterranean.

The British immediately exploited their advantage by sending a small convoy from Alexandria to Malta. The Italian fleet received about him, as usual, belated and incomplete information. It is for this reason, and by no means for deep strategic considerations, that the convoy was met only by submarines and aircraft. During the operation, the Italian submarine Serpente sank the British destroyer Hilérion southeast of Malta. In order to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the relocation of the fleet to Sardinia, some of the ships had to be returned to Naples, despite the threat from the air.

On January 8, 1941, it became known that the Gibraltar formation had moved east. It included the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, and Supermarine decided that the operation would be to transfer new aircraft to Malta from an aircraft carrier from an area south of the Balearic Islands. In this case, the Italian fleet did not have time to get to the scene in order to disrupt the British operation. Since the next day, Italian intelligence did not notice the British formation, it was concluded that the enemy had turned back to Gibraltar. That night, Naples was subjected to a new, especially strong raid, during which the Cesare was damaged. Supermarine sent it to La Spezia for repairs and ordered the Vittorio Veneto to escort the damaged battleship. Since the Vittorio Veneto was the last Italian battleship unscathed, it seemed unwise to expose her to the risk of more bombardments.

The paucity of intelligence reports prevented the Italian command from realizing that the British were conducting a major coordinated operation throughout the Mediterranean. Therefore, Supermarine, with the greatest astonishment, began to receive reports on January 9, albeit obscure and scattered, indicating the presence British ships north of Tunisia. They were moving towards the Strait of Sicily. Since it was no longer possible to intercept them before they passed Cape Bon, there was nothing left to do but leave hastily assembled torpedo boats to patrol near Bon and Malta. In addition, 2 escort destroyers were sent to the Pantelleria area.

On January 9, just north of Tunisia, the Gibraltar group turned back, I 4 supply ships, 1 cruiser and 4: they separated and went to Malta. At the same time, the British fleet named after Alexandria, being east of Malta, sent a group consisting of the cruisers Southampton and Bonaventure and 2 destroyers to Cape Bon to meet the convoy. Heavy seas forced the Italian patrol torpedo boats to return to ports. However, on January 10, at 7.41, two small escort destroyers Vega and Chirche, despite the superiority of the enemy and the dawn, launched a torpedo attack, opening fire on the British cruisers. They were met by a furious note and fire. As Admiral Cunningham mentions in his memoirs, the Bonaventure used up 75% of its ammunition firing at these ships, and could not operate for the next 2 weeks due to lack of ammunition.

A little later, 2 destroyers turned to withdraw. But, if Mirchs managed to break away, having received only fragmentation hits, Nega was covered by a full-fledged volley. Since the ship received fatal damage, its commander, Captain 2nd Rank Fontana, turned back to the enemy in order to make his shooting more effective. The ship continued to fire from all guns and machine guns from a short distance. When the destroyer went to the bottom, the commander sacrificed his life, giving his life jacket to the sailor and remaining on the ship.

Some time later, observation posts on Pantelleria reported seeing two ships standing still and on fire. However, there is still no information about the losses of the British. The Admiralty has released only Admiral Cunningham's general report and is keeping the details of the engagement with the two destroyers secret. Something else is firmly clear - the attack of two destroyers indirectly led to success, as it lured the British squadron into the minefield south of Pantelleria. The destroyer Gallant ran into a mine and lost her bow. The British destroyer managed to make it to Malta but never entered service until the end of the war.

Started at 12:30 massive raids Italian Air Force and X Air Corps. For the first time, the German Luftwaffe participated in battles in the Mediterranean. The aircraft carrier Illustrious was heavily damaged by 6 bombs. The strongest fires started on it, and he barely managed to get to Malta. If the X Air Corps raids on Malta had not begun in six days, but immediately, it is quite possible that the aircraft carrier would no longer have entered service. However, the British made good use of the respite provided. They hastily repaired the Illustrious and transferred it to Alexandria. By chance, this fact went completely unnoticed by Italian intelligence. But in any case, the ship had to go to the United States for a major overhaul, and the Alexandrian fleet remained aircraft carrier bases for two months. Then the Formideble arrived.

On January 11, during an air attack, the Southhamggton was seriously damaged, and the British had to scuttle the cruiser themselves. On the same night, ships heading for Malta were attacked by the Settimo submarine.

Since the information about the enemy was very confusing and contradictory, Supermarine believed that the Italian fleet would be able to benefit from a favorable situation if such arose (The damage to the Gallant and Illustrious became known only a few days later, the death of the Southampton was learned much later, and all the details of the operation became known only after the war). In this case, the squadron that arrived in La Spezia was ordered to go back to the south. The battleship "Doria" had just completed the modernization and was in La Spezia on exercises. He was ordered to join the squadron instead of the damaged Cesare. Since the situation that was expected did not arise, after about 15 hours the ships were ordered to return to La Spezia. This time, Supermarine benefited from the fact that the British operation was over. Between January 12 and 24, she managed to carry out several especially important convoys along the Line. They passed without opposition from the enemy.

On January 24, British activity was observed in the Benghazi area. This time the X Air Corps attempted to launch the first massive attack on ships at sea. However, the first wave of 113 aircraft failed to locate their target. Another group of 25 aircraft attacked the enemy, but did not achieve serious results. This group eventually lost formation, 12 vehicles landed at IJeiinnn, and 4 landed on the water altogether. This incident showed that no matter how courageous and experienced the crews are, special training is needed for operations over the sea.

On February 1, the Gibraltar group was again sighted and the sea south of the Balearic Islands. The Italian fleet once again prepared to put to sea. But the British did not come closer and the next morning they sent 8 torpedo bombers from an aircraft carrier to attack the hydroelectric dam in Tirso. This attack did not bring them success.

On the same day, a civilian aircraft flying to Tripoli spotted a convoy coming from the east towards Malta. Italian reconnaissance aircraft again failed to detect it. X Air Corps sent planes to attack the convoy, but none of the planes found their target.

The events of the second half of December, January 9-11 and February 2, again confirmed the utter helplessness of Italian air reconnaissance. Each time, this nullified the effectiveness of the fleet. If a Italian ships entered the battle, suffering from the strongest myopia, then British air reconnaissance allowed its ships to operate freely, without fear of any surprises. She was well equipped technically, acted tactically skillfully, conducted many more flights. Of course, this had a severe effect on the actions of the Italian fleet.

To sum up, let's say that the work of the reconnaissance air units of the Italian fleet was deadly, and it would be unfair to demand better results from them. Given that the crews put up with long hours of flight and imperfect equipment, their burden should be lightened. In any case, the aircraft allocated for these purposes could not carry out long-range strategic reconnaissance, which was becoming more and more necessary. When the X Air Corps arrived, the navy changed its approach to the problem in order to establish cooperation with representatives of the German and Italian air forces. As a result, responsibilities were redistributed. There were hopes that this would radically improve the situation. It was decided that the aviation units of the fleet would take over coastal and short-range reconnaissance. The Italian Air Force will conduct reconnaissance in Western Mediterranean and on the route of the Libyan convoys. X Air Corps took over reconnaissance in the eastern and central Mediterranean.

Although the navy eased the load on its aircraft to a large extent, it turned out that the improvement in air reconnaissance work was more quantitative than qualitative. It immediately became clear that getting Luftwaffe and Italian Air Force pilots to adopt the fleet's communications system and its methods of assessing visual contact was hardly possible. Although such training was absolutely necessary for intelligence to operate effectively. As a result, conflicting reports were received, and it was not possible to determine which of them was the most accurate.

On January 4, the escort destroyer Pegaso was attacked by a British torpedo bomber near Cape Bon. On the afternoon of January 27, a convoy of 3 ships bound for Tripoli was subjected to a similar attack. These two episodes clearly showed that the effective range of torpedo bombers from Malta exceeded the previously existing limit of 100 miles. Therefore, a large segment of the route of the Italian convoys along the coast of Tunisia fell under the influence of enemy aircraft. And this required reaching an agreement with the Italian Air Force and the Luftwaffe on air cover - at least for the most important convoys, which at that time simply did not have such cover. Considering limited opportunities fighters of that time, it was necessary to adopt such routing and navigation systems that would allow the fullest use of the advantages of air cover in the daytime. Compliance with these requirements would reduce the importance of other security measures taken by the fleet. But the lack of aircraft, their poor flight characteristics, shortcomings technical organization, the lack of special training caused heavy losses in people and aircraft, at times too great losses. Therefore, the desired results were obtained only on a case-by-case basis. Since that time, air cover has become one of the most pressing problems facing the fleet. This is what prevented the fleet from achieving the expected effectiveness of operations.

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