The next day, the 16th of February, we left the basin which, between Rhodes and Alexandria, is reckoned about 1,500 fathoms in depth, and the Nautilus, passing some distance from Cerigo, quitted the Grecian Archipelago after having doubled Cape
Matapan.
On 13 July passed Cape
Matapan. Crew dissatisfied about something.
He wrote: "I lay on the pitch-dark deck of a caique nosing past
Matapan towards Crete, I found myself thinking back to that green rain upon a white balcony, in the shadow of Albania."
But it wasn't a victory in the sense that Trafalgar was a victory, or
Matapan (in 1717) was a victory."
The cracking of one cypher in particular helped the Allies to victory in the naval Battle of Cape
Matapan.
answers Haymarket ABC The 10 NE13, 9 Tiffin, 8 Dallas, 7 Kong, Hong 6 Rochester, 5 Smallpox, 4
Matapan, 3 Millionaire, Slumdog 2 Sea, Red The 1.
JA Gateshead, during WWII, the Queen was an ambulance driver, Prince Philip was in the Royal Navy and was involved in things like the invasion of Sicily, The Battle of Crete and the Battle of
Matapan.
The best-known examples are the battle of
Matapan on 27-29 March 1941; escape of the German battle cruisers from Brest through the English Channel, 11-13 February 1942 (Operation CERBERUS); convoys to Malta on 12-15 June 1942 (Operation Harpoon/Vigorous) and on 10-15 August 1942 (PEDESTAL); and amphibious landings on Sicily on 10 July 1943 (Husky), and at Salerno on 9 September 1943 (AVALANCHE).
Philip was mentioned in despatches for operating battleship HMS Valiant's searchlight during the British victory at Cape
Matapan in 1941.
Cape
Matapan (or Tainaron) is the southernmost mainland point of which European country?
In 1941 Mavis Batey, nee Lever, cracked the Italian naval codes which led to a crucial victory for the British fleet in the Mediterranean at the Battle of Cape
Matapan. She was just 19.