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Aden Force

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:38 pm
by Jordi Comas
Hi all,

Do you know what ships formed the Aden Force on 10 June 1940 at the entry of Italy in the war? I have the following ones

4 Light Cruisers: Carlisle, Ceres, Hobart, Leander
4 Destroyers: Khartoum, Kandahar, Kingston, Kimberley
5 Sloops: Falmouth, Grimsby, Shoreham, Flamingo, Auckland
5 Minesweepers: Derby, Huntley and 3 more. Do you know which ones? Perhaps Widnes is another one?

Thank you very much
Jordi

Re: Aden Force

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:11 pm
by t-geronimo
According to naval-history.net Ceres left Colombo with unknown destination on June 9th, which means that she could not be in Aden on June 10th.
Only in August she joined that Force for evacuation operations in Somalia.

http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-400 ... minion.htm

Re: Aden Force

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:34 am
by Jordi Comas
Thank you Thorsten!

Regards