On 15 April, the 14th Destroyer Flotilla, including Tribal-class destroyers, intercepts and sinks the Tarigo convoy carrying supplies toward the Afrika Korps. The action places preparations for Crete inside the wider Mediterranean contest over Axis supply traffic. Royal Navy destroyers were already attacking the maritime logistics on which the North African campaign depended. The island battle developed alongside an active convoy war.
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The Tarigo convoy links Crete to the supply war
The 14th Destroyer Flotilla's destruction of the Tarigo convoy places Crete inside the wider fight over Axis supply traffic to North Africa.