WWII MALTA_ Manoel Island_ British Submarine Base
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:47 pm
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Aerial view of Manoel Island
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Map of Manoel Island within Marsamxett Harbour
Videos of Manoel Island Malta WWII British submarine Base
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The use of Malta as an offensive base was helped by the introduction of the new U-class submarines, smaller than many of the other classes but ideal for the clear waters of the Mediterranean in which, all too often, sonar is not needed to spot a submerged submarine.
So successful was the Malta-based 10th Flotilla in disrupting the supplies for Rommel’s Afrika Korps in the Western Desert campaign that his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Fritz Bayerlein, later admitted: ‘We should have taken Alexandria and reached the Suez Canal had it not been for the work of your submarines.’
Note: "26 Allied submarines" [These were not full-sized... regular sized submarines... they were smaller and harder to detect in the clear Mediterranean waters] ...were stationed here at Manoel Island with many extremely heavy concrete protected 'Anti-Aircraft' batteries protecting these submarine moorings which were also protected by artificial smoke screens to hide the submarines... when under attack.
They were responsible for the better part of 76% of the Axis shipping losses in the fight for North Africa.
The Germans and Italians bombed Malta for 2-years... dropping 15,000 Tonnes of bombs on the Island.
Aerial view of Manoel Island
Lazzaretto
Map of Manoel Island within Marsamxett Harbour
Videos of Manoel Island Malta WWII British submarine Base
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Ma ... &FORM=VDRE
Weapons and Warfare.com
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/05/1 ... ubmarines/
The use of Malta as an offensive base was helped by the introduction of the new U-class submarines, smaller than many of the other classes but ideal for the clear waters of the Mediterranean in which, all too often, sonar is not needed to spot a submerged submarine.
So successful was the Malta-based 10th Flotilla in disrupting the supplies for Rommel’s Afrika Korps in the Western Desert campaign that his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Fritz Bayerlein, later admitted: ‘We should have taken Alexandria and reached the Suez Canal had it not been for the work of your submarines.’
Note: "26 Allied submarines" [These were not full-sized... regular sized submarines... they were smaller and harder to detect in the clear Mediterranean waters] ...were stationed here at Manoel Island with many extremely heavy concrete protected 'Anti-Aircraft' batteries protecting these submarine moorings which were also protected by artificial smoke screens to hide the submarines... when under attack.
They were responsible for the better part of 76% of the Axis shipping losses in the fight for North Africa.
The Germans and Italians bombed Malta for 2-years... dropping 15,000 Tonnes of bombs on the Island.