Life and Wellbeing History~
44 \ APRIL 5, 2020 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF MALTA THE SUNDAY TIMES OF MALTA APRIL 5, 2020 I 45 LIFE AND WELLBEING HISTORY~ Missing in action .....'-, .. .,_ most popular heavy cruisers Ghana, the Cornwall intercepted ship. The raider signalled that it among Maltese seame'n, HMS the Vichy French cruiser was the Tamerlane but when its =i . ' ALFRED Sussex, up to December 25, 1939. Primaguet and the Leninger on disguise was exposed, it dis CONTI Britain was ill-prepared for their way to Libreville, central closed itself as the Pinguin and BORDA hostilities but as Phoney War set Africa. The French ships were opened fire. in, the country and its dominions stopped and, after some hag-. After being hit by a salvo of Australia, Canada, New gling, their captain was pre eight shells in the mine-laying Zealand, South Africa, India and vailed upon to return to magazine, the German ship blew On Easter Sup.day, April 5, 1942, Pakistan - braced for war. Casablanca,:Morocco. up and sank. Carmelo helped res many British and Maltese sea Carmelo was due to return home On September 28, Cornwall left cue 58 German and 25 B1itish men died when the British to be pensioneil off, and on Freetown, Si~ra Leone, fo1· prisoner-of-war s\ll'vivm·s from cruiser HMS Cornwall sank in December27, 1939, togetherwith Douala in Cameroun to prevent the Pinguin, some of whom died the Indian Ocean after a Japan other Maltese seamen he was any interference by the Vichy later due to their injuries. A total ese air attack.
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