Private Papers of Lieutenant Commander E F Baines DSO RN

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Official papers relating to his command of the destroyer HMS BRAHAM during Operation Pedestal, the bitterly contested supply convoy through the Mediterranean to Malta in August 1942, comprising ts copies of his list of recommendations from his ship's company (1p) and of the destroyer HMS PENN's Report of Proceedings (2pp) and various congratulatory signals received in the ship on the completion of the operation with the tanker OHIO's arrival at Malta.

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Cataloguer Backlog

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Catalogue date 1985-09-16

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Category: Private papers
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Baines, E F
Dimensions: File: Weight 4.3 kg
Catalogue number: Documents.10772

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