The Action off Cape Passero, was a naval engagement in the Second World War between the British light cruiser HMS Ajax, three torpedo boats and seven...
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The action off Cape Bougaroun (Cap Bougaroûn) [Attack on Convoy KMF 25A], was a Luftwaffe operation against an Allied naval convoy off the coast of Algeria...
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the Spanish Navy under Rear-Admiral Antonio de Gaztañeta. It was fought off Cape Passaro, in the southern tip of Sicily, which Spain had occupied. Spain...
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and HMS Gloucester as they ferried troops to Malta. During the Action off Cape Passero, York sank the disabled and abandoned destroyer Artigliere on 13...
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The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου) was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies...
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The action off Bastia (bataille navale de Pietracorbara) was a naval engagement fought on 9 September 1943 between German vessels and Italian ships and...
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Battle of Calabria (section Final actions)
1977, p. 110. "Action off Calabria – Initial skirmish". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010. Action of Calabria Archived...
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Cape Spada. A cruiser action. The Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni was sunk by HMAS Sydney. 12 October, the Battle of Cape Passero. One destroyer and...
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September 23–35 Dakar – Vichy French fight off a British/Free French landing at Dakar 12 October Battle of Cape Passero – British cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS York...
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Battle of the Tarigo Convoy (redirect from Action off Sfax)
The Battle of the Tarigo Convoy (sometimes called the Action off Sfax) was a naval battle of the Second World War, part of the Battle of the Mediterranean...
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place on 19 July 1940 in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete. The action occurred when a Commonwealth squadron patrolling...
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The Action in the Strait of Otranto [also the Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1940)] was the destruction of an Italian convoy on 12 November 1940 during...
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Battle of the North Cape Operation Stonewall Battle of the Bay of Biscay Operation Teardrop Battle of Ushant Battle of Pierres Noires Action of 9 February 1945...
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intercepted a small Italian force. In a close-range night action (sometimes called the Battle of Cape Passero), two Spica-class torpedo boats, Airone and Ariel...
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Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (redirect from Action at Mers-el-Kébir)
Diane, and Eurydice got back underway on 8 July to form a patrol line off Cape Falcon, Algeria, in case of another British attack on Oran, which did not...
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an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Because of the nature of maritime travel, there is often a substantial...
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of Cape Bon took place on 13 December 1941 during the Second World War, between two Italian light cruisers and an Allied destroyer flotilla, off Cape Bon...
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airforce made this very difficult. Instead, British ships steamed around the Cape of Good Hope, up the east coast of Africa, and then through the Suez Canal...
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First Battle of Sirte (redirect from Action of 13 December 1941)
HMS Havock. Lacking radar and mindful of their defeat in the night action at the Battle of Cape Matapan, the Italians wished to avoid a night engagement. The...
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Italian cruiser Trento (section Battle of Cape Matapan)
British cruisers in the Battle of Cape Passero; one of the destroyers, Artigliere, was badly damaged in the action. Trento, Trieste, and Bolzano were...
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Italy entered World War II Captured by the Nationalist cruiser Canarias off Bilbao, rescued and forcibly taken to Bermeo by the Basque naval trawler...
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David Wanklyn (category Missing in action of World War II)
soldiers and crew on board roughly 50 km (27 nm) east of Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily. Around 1,300 of these men died. Over the next hours he evaded...
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the troops could be taken off the island by the Royal Navy. The 2/7th subsequently took part in further rearguard actions and although it was planned...
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Battle of the Campobasso Convoy (section Action)
(Italian Royal Navy) Spica-class torpedo boat Perseo which took place off Cape Bon in the Mediterranean Sea on the night of 3/4 May 1943. The Italians...
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2021. Retrieved 28 December 2013. D’Albas. Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II.[page needed] Brown. Warship Losses of World War II.[page needed]...
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to Italy sank 19 nautical miles (22 mi; 35 km) from Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily (Italy), under questionable circumstances, and came to rest under...
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transports heading for Tunesia without engaging in combat. Later that day east of Cape Bon, Harder claimed two Spitfire fighters shot down. Together with Franz...
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2012. Retrieved August 13, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Passero, Mitch (August 29, 2008). "Steel City SmackDown". World Wrestling Entertainment...
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rendezvous on 9 July at a point 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) east of Cape Passero and 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) from Malta, at which point the...
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Decima Flottiglia MAS (section Naval actions)
Leopoldo base of the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno. The Decima MAS saw action starting on June 10, 1940, when Fascist Italy entered World War II. In more...
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