Sentence examples for major convoy from inspiring English sources

In December 1941, Andrea Doria formed part of the escort during Operation M41, a major convoy from Italy to Benghazi in Libya on the 13th.

On 10 November 1942, Hiei departed Truk alongside Kirishima and eleven destroyers in preparation to shell American positions near Henderson Field in advance of a major convoy of Japanese troops.

The sightings of such a large force of warships, combined with the heavy air attack, led Admiral Andrew Cunningham to conclude that the Italians were also covering a major convoy, and decide to reposition his fleet between the Italians and Taranto, the projected destination.

She escorted Convoy ONS-5 in early May, a major convoy battle which saw the destruction of six U boats for the loss of thirteen ships, although Duncan was forced to withdraw for lack of fuel before the battle was over.

Duncan rejoined Force H that same month and she escorted several major convoys to Malta before returning to the UK in October for a lengthy refit.

In 2009 there were credible reports of a major arms convoy in the Sudan being hit from the air.

The engagement formed part of a wider campaign, in which a major French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria at the start of the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt.

Amid the continuing siege, the need for a major supply convoy to Malta was becoming urgent; the Governor Lord Gort warned Britain in early June that if no supplies came by August, he would have to surrender to prevent a famine.

On the night of 11 October, Japanese naval forces in the Solomon Islands area under the command of Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa sent a major supply and reinforcement convoy to their forces on Guadalcanal.

As a major centre of the transatlantic convoy system during World War II, Merseyside suffered heavy bomb damage.

Major Cheng said a logistics convoy had stopped on the highway about 2 15 a.m. after one of its vehicles broke down.