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| Keywords: outdoor Lot-3478-25: British Activities, WWII. Royal Visit for HMS Penelope. The Duke of Gloucester paid a surprise visit to HMS Penelope after her gallant and prolonged action with enemy aircraft in the Mediterranean. During a fortnight’s stay at Malta, the British cruiser was the chief target of some of the heaviest raids the island had experienced and on putting to sea she was repeatedly attacked by both German and Italian dive and torpedo bombers. He whole of this time, her guns were almost continuously in action; and to such good effect that the ship escaped with only superficial damage from splinters. Six of her officers and men were killed and a larger number wounded, including her Captain, who carried on until he had brought her safely into harbor. Only the tireless devotion of Captain, officers, and men saved the ship from destruction. Shown: HMS Penelope. The ship’s company on her starboard side in good spirits after the ordeal. Note the hundreds of splinter holes, some plugged with wood. Photograph released 1942. Penelope was sunk by German u-boat on February 18, 1944 while returning from Naples to the Anzio beachhead. Office of Emergency Management. (2016/03/04). Lot-3478-25: British Activities, WWII. Royal Visit for HMS Penelope. The Duke of Gloucester paid a surprise visit to HMS Penelope after her gallant and prolonged action with enemy aircraft in the Mediterranean. During a fortnight’s stay at Malta, the British cruiser was the chief target of some of the heaviest raids the island had experienced and on putting to sea she was repeatedly attacked by both German and Italian dive and torpedo bombers. He whole of this time, her guns were almost continuously in action; and to such good effect that the ship escaped with only superficial damage from splinters. Six of her officers and men were killed and a larger number wounded, including her Captain, who carried on until he had brought her safely into harbor. Only the tireless devotion of Captain, officers, and men saved the ship from destruction. Shown: HMS Penelope. The ship’s company on her starboard side in good spirits after the ordeal. Note the hundreds of splinter holes, some plugged with wood. Photograph released 1942. Penelope was sunk by German u-boat on February 18, 1944 while returning from Naples to the Anzio beachhead. Office of Emergency Management. (2016/03/04). | ||||
