On This Day - 27 April 1941

HMA Ships STUART, VENDETTA, VAMPIRE, and WATERHEN, (destroyers), sailed from Suda Bay to Alexandria as escort to convoy GA12. RAN ships evacuating troops from Greece, picked up the last message from Radio Athens as German troops entered the city; ‘Closing down for the last time and looking forward to happier days. God be with you and for you’.

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