Talabot's Demise
Plushy,
Interesting info about MV Talabot and the delivery into Haifa.
As an aside from the main theme of this thread, it must have been a quick trip to Fremantle and back (no record of carrying Aust equipment on the return trip to the Middle East), as the ship joined convoy MW10 (Alex to Malta) on 20 March 42 carrying military stores and food. It reached Malta, only to be lost to enemy aircraft at No.6 Berth, Grand Harbour at Malta on March 26. Some equipment was salvaged from the half-sunken wreck, the upper decks being above the water line. It received plenty of attention from the enemy thereafter, being repeatedly bombed during air raids.
I suppose it was better the enemy wasted their bombs on the wreck rather than finding some other more valuable target.
Mike
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