Operation Jackal [SEP] start time
consisted of the 10th and 13th Brigades as well as Ljubinje Territorial Defence troops in the area of Mostar and Stolac.
Timeline.
Operation Jackal, or alternatively Operation June Dawns, commenced on 7 June 1992. The attacking HV/HVO force moved east and north from Čapljina towards Stolac and Mostar aiming to push the VRS back from the Neretva River and capture positions around Mostar. The HV/HVO force captured the first objective of the offensive, the town of Tasovčići located across the Neretva River, opposite Čapljina, on
and "Jackal" to the port. By the time that "Airedale" met up with "Jervis" and "Jackal", it had been decided to abandon the tow, and "Jackal" was scuttled by "Jervis".
On 13 June "Airedale" set out from Alexandria as part of the escort of a large convoy to Malta (Operation Vigorous), while a second convoy (Operation Harpoon) was sailing to Malta from Gibraltar. On 14 June the Vigorous convoy came under heavy air attack,