Royal Navy face sustained Stuka attacks

18th May 1941: Petty Officer Sephton remains at his AA gun despite grave injuries

Rescue of the Hospital Ship ‘Aba’ by HMS ‘Coventry’ by Charles Pears (1873–1958), Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery.

The war in the Mediterranean Sea around Crete was suddenly hotting up, with the Luftwaffe making constant attacks on the Royal Navy ships operating in support of land forces on the island. British Intelligence was already aware that the Germ…