Historical place archive

Mediterranean Sea in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Mediterranean Sea in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records4 event labels6 people1827–2024

Historical events in Mediterranean Sea

1827

August 1827
Treaty Enforcement
Edward Codrington · Greek War of Independence

Commands the British Mediterranean squadron involved in enforcing the armistice policy arising from the London agreement.

1942

26 October 1942
Battle of Alamein, 2nd
Bernard Law Montgomery · World War, 2nd

Axis tankers Proserpina and Tergeste are sunk, worsening fuel shortages during the battle.

26 October 1942
Battle of Alamein, 2nd
Bernard Law Montgomery · World War, 2nd

The loss of Axis supply tankers deprives Panzer Army Africa of fuel during the battle.

30 October 1942
Enigma Machine
Colin Grazier · World War, 2nd

Enters U-559 with Fasson and helps recover documents vital to renewed attacks on four-rotor Naval Enigma.

30 October 1942
Enigma Machine
Francis Anthony Blair Fasson · World War, 2nd

Boards sinking U-559 and retrieves Enigma key material before drowning when the submarine founders.

30 October 1942
Enigma Machine
Tommy Brown · World War, 2nd

Carries captured U-559 codebooks and Enigma material from the sinking submarine to the British boarding party.

2024

15 May 2024
Gaza Maritime Aid Shipment
David William Donald Cameron · Conservative Party Government

Supports shipment of more than one hundred tonnes of aid toward the temporary maritime pier serving Gaza.

Provenance

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