Operation Pedestal gets underway

10th August 1942: The Royal Navy mounts its largest ever convoy escort operation, determined to get essential fuel and munitions across the Mediterranean to Malta

Preliminary movements 3 - 10 August 1942: Aerial view of some of the ships escorting the convoy. Nearest the camera is HMS EAGLE, then HMS INDOMITABLE and HMS VICTORIOUS and in the background are HMS FURIOUS and HMS ARGUS