sink the manchester

The HMS Manchester, which had served with distinction off Norway, Denmark and the Soviet Union, was part of a large convoy Winston Churchill sent to relieve the strategic island of Malta. Desperate to cut off this lifeline to the beleaguered islanders, 1,200 fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe and the Italian Royal Air Force strafed and bombed the convoy for three days south of Sardinia. The Manchester was crippled by two Italian motor torpedo boats and scuttled off the Tunisian coast. Some 568 of the 700-strong crew survived. Many were rescued by a nearby warship but many captured by the Vichy French in Tunisia.
Axis bombers sank several ships during the so-called Mid-August Battle including the aircraft carrier Eagle. HMS Manchester was the subject of a documentary on British television in 2002 called Running the Gauntlet.

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My Grandad Frank McAdams was on board the Manchester when it was hit by a torpedo on the 23 July 1941 aged 31. Five officers and seven privates died that day. he left five children and a wife. My Dad never got over losing his Dad and more so his mum, she died twelve months later. heartbreaking. five children without their parents. iv done a lot of research on this ship and I can proudly say my Grandad and the men he was with, died HEROS. I wish my Dad was here so I could tell him all about his Dad, I think this would of made a hugh difference in his life. He was a broken man. God bless to all the brave men and women who thought in these wars.

[@Carrera-gp9od]

My grandfather was on this too when it was torpedoed , he ended up in a prisoner of war camp in North Africa .

[@maureenleckie6216]

My uncle was a CPO who survived the sinking of HMS Manchester by italian eboats and was later interned.

[@scottmcphee1425]

the audio is terrible. I s that because they dont want us to know what they said?

[@corailrouge6826]

its a VHS Quality

[@scottmcphee1425]

It is almost impossible to understand what anyone is saying. I am unable to understand what the crew said the damage to the ship was. What did the divers say the damage was? Why are you asking the diver questions while he is still in the water? wtf.Looks like the torpedo struck the ship on the starboard side? How can you see the damage if the ship is resting on its starboard side? Captain Drew was a combat veteran. How can judge a combat veteran after the fact? This is yellow journalism at its finest.This video is as bad as the judgement.