The Malta convoy series comprised 209 merchant-ship transits, with about thirty failures to reach their destinations and a success rate above 85 percent. Major fleet actions and sustained Italian and German opposition continued throughout the campaign. The cost included civilian and service deaths, 707 aircraft lost, and Royal Navy losses among capital ships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. The high delivery rate came with severe attrition.
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Malta convoy success and its cost
More than 85 percent of 209 merchant-ship transits succeeded, at severe human, aircraft, and naval cost.