HMA Ships VENDETTA and VOYAGER, (destroyers), were part of the screen protecting the 1st Battle Fleet in its air strikes on Scarpanto, in the eastern Mediterranean. Aircraft from HMS FORMIDABLE launched attacks on the islands airfields, which were being used by the Germans to re-supply their troops on Crete.
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1941
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