Orion into the Breach
- Author
- Atwill, Lieutenant R. , DSM RN (Retd)
- Categories
- Naval Historical Review
- Tags
- WILLIAM COSSAR
- Source
- Naval Historical Review-1971 Edition
Shortly before noon, two Fulmars of the Fleet Air Arm made contact with the Squadron, and, although a few more attacks were made, they did no damage. Himself wounded, Admiral Rawlings brought his shattered squadron safely back to Alexandria at 2000 that night - just 26 hours after we had sailed. Orion had two rounds of main armament left, no anti-aircraft ammunition, and only ten tons of fuel. She had lost her Captain, eighty-two of her ships company and some three to four hundred of the soldiers we had snatched from the hands of the enemy. Orion had filled the breach.
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