15 Facts for the 15th; The Santa Maria Convoy

The mission to bring vital supplies to Malta was code-named Operation Pedestal. The Convoy berthed in Malta’s Grand Harbour on the 15th of August 1942. Its arrival into Malta on the Feast Our Lady of the Assumption gives the miraculous convoy’s arrival its name, The Santa Maria Convoy. Today marks the 75th Anniversary since the Maltese greeted their salvation in the Grand Harbour, from famine, and surrendering to the Axis. Keep reading