Maps (Hearts of Steel)
This page provides a series of maps associated with Hearts of Steel.
Map List
HMS Effingham Track Chart
The 1937 Coronation Review
Norwegian Campaign 1940
The Mediterranean
Operation Compass (1940 - '41)
The Battle of Calabria (July 1940)
The Battle of Matapan (March 1941)
The Battle of Tarigo (16 April 1941)
RN Warship loses during the Battle for Crete.
HMS Effingham . Track chart 1925 - 1927
Taken from the book, "Effingham" the track chart shows the ports that the East Indies Flag Ship visited during her time as Flagship of the East Indies Squadron.
Chapter 2. Pages 41 - 98. (Hearts of Steel)
Coronation Review 1937
The 1937 Fleet Review off Portsmouth consisted of 8 lines of warships stretching some 10 miles westward in the Solent. Herbert was aboard Iron Duke at the time (pictured below at the review).
Chapter 3. P.132 - 136. (Hearts of Steel)
Norway 1940
The invasion of Norway took place in April 1940. Operation Maurice landed British and French Alpine Troops in Namsos to advance southwards towards Steinkjer and then to Trondheim.
Meanwhile Operation Sickle landed British troops in Andalsnes to similarly advance north east to the same objective.
Operation Hammer (abandoned) was to be the Naval bombardment of Trondheim.
Chapter 5. P.175 - 231. (Hearts of Steel)
The Mediterranean 1940 - '41
British ports circled in red
Gibraltar to the West (Force H), Alexandria to the East (Eastern Mediterranean Fleet)
Valetta, Grand Harbour on Malta
Resupply of Alexandria can only be made via the African Cape and the Suez Canal (about 12,000 miles) if the transition of the Mediterranean is blocked.
Neutral Turkey blocks access to the Middle East from the North whilst Vichy France and Italy hold most of the North African Coast.
Operation Compass
Lt. General Richard O'Connor's campaign to force General Graziani's Italian army out of Egypt was named Operation Compass. The attack began on the 2nd and 3rd January 1941 and culminated in the total defeat of the Italians at the Battle of Beda Fomm on the 6th and 7th February.
Chapter 8. P.288 - 294 (Hearts of Steel)
The Battle of Calabria
The Battle of Calabria was inconlusive and did not transpire into the fleet action that was expected. However, one well placed shot of over 14 miles distance from HMS Warspite onto the Italian Battleship Guilo Cesare allowed the Royal Navy to claim a victory.
Map from Naval-History.net
Chapter 6, P.251 - 266. Hearts of Steel
The Battle of Matapan
The Battle for Matapan is arguably the largest and the last Naval Action between two fleets of large warships since Trafalgar. It resulted in the sinking of three 8-in Italian Cruisers (Polo, Zara, Fiume. It also demonstrated the strike capability of carrier based aircraft and the value of RADAR.
Map from Naval-History.net
Chapter 11, P.379 - 418. Hearts of Steel
The Battle of Tarigo
Named after the lead Italian destroyer escort, the Battle of the Tarigo Convoy occurred on the 16th April 1941.
The Tarigo convoy left Naples and headed to Cape Bon before hugging the coast towards Kerhennah. Here they were attacked by Destroyer Flotilla D14 consisting of HMS Jervis, Janus, Mohawk and Nubian.
Chapter 12. P.419 - 451 (Hearts of Steel)
Below: Commander Eatons (HMS Mohawk) diagram of the disposition of both Italian and Royal Navy ships prior to the engagement. Note that MV stands for Merchant Vessel.
Below: Commander Eatons second diagram showing the position of the Strike Force ships approximately 10 minutes after engagement.
Below: Commander Eatons estimated position of HMS Mohawk when she was hit by two torpedo's.
Crete, May 1941
The Battle for Crete during May 1941 decimated the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet. However, despite this, S.W.C. Pack wrote in his book 'The Battle for Crete'; 'The defending army in Crete, including last minute reinforcements, amounted to about 32,000. Of these, in rough figures, 1800 had been killed, 12,000 taken prisoner, and 17,000 evacuated; and about 1,000 escaped after the evacuation of the island.'
Chapter 14, P.459 - 495. Hearts of Steel.
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