In Atkinson’s pocket was his Operation paper with typed heading ‘NOT TO BE TAKEN ASHORE’. assistance to specific individuals in occupied Athens, as well as two sets of radio transmitters for communication with Cairo.Ĭaptain Craig was in charge of the second secret mission code-named “Coney Island”, which was to coordinate the liberation of 30 British fugitives who were on the island of Antiparos. Atkinson’s mission (codename ISINGLASS) was to meet up with a Greek resistance cell in Athens and then liberate 18 selected Allied soldiers who had been held prisoner by the Italians.Ītkinson carried substantial quantities of money in cash and gold coins, destined as MI9 and S.O.E. wireless expert, Diamantes Arvanitopoulos (codename DIAMOND), New Zealand liaison officer, Captain Craig, two British Army commandos from the Northamptonshire Regiment and Royal Artillery and five tonnes of emergency supplies. and MI9 Agent, Lieutenant George Atkinson, Greek S.O.E. On board the vessel were some very unusual crew members – S.O.E. It had orders to carry out two special operations and, in the meantime, to patrol the specific section of the Aegean. On Decemthe “Triumph” would set sail from Alexandria for its 21st and last mission before it was due to return to England for a general repair and maintenance. She also undertook difficult missions to land Special Operations Executives (S.O.E.) and MI9 agents and rescue trapped soldiers who needed to escape to Alexandria in Egypt.
She notched up a number of successes, sinking a large number of enemy ships, including the Italian submarine “Salpa”.
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