Operation Collar
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! During World War II, Operation Collar was a small, fast three-ship convoy that left Britain on 12 November, 1940 and passed Gibraltar on 24 November, escorted by two cruisers for Malta and Alexandria. The cruisers - HMS Manchester and HMS Southampton - carried 1370 Royal Air Force technicians and close escorted the merchant ships SS New Zealand Star, SS Clan Forbes and SS Clan Fraser. The convoy escort - "Force F" - was reinforced by the destroyer HMS Hotspur, and later by the corvettes HMS Peony, Salvia, Gloxinia and Hyacinth, although the corvettes…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! During World War II, Operation Collar was a small, fast three-ship convoy that left Britain on 12 November, 1940 and passed Gibraltar on 24 November, escorted by two cruisers for Malta and Alexandria. The cruisers - HMS Manchester and HMS Southampton - carried 1370 Royal Air Force technicians and close escorted the merchant ships SS New Zealand Star, SS Clan Forbes and SS Clan Fraser. The convoy escort - "Force F" - was reinforced by the destroyer HMS Hotspur, and later by the corvettes HMS Peony, Salvia, Gloxinia and Hyacinth, although the corvettes were later unable to maintain speed with the convoy. This group was commanded by Admiral Lancelot Holland.