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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 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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  • in the east. The November 6, 1943, the Luftwaffe conducted the Action off Cape Bougaroun on Convoy KMF-25A composed of 26 transport ships escorted by 15...
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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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    Bay 6 November Action off Cape Bougaroun – German aircraft attack Allied convoy off Algeria, sinking several ships. 13 November Action of 13 November...
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    how it interfaced with the Merchant Marine officers and crew. Action off Cape Bougaroun Battle of Point Judith Battle of the Atlantic Destroyer escort...
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    50,000 casualties Battle of Cape Bon – 900+ casualties Raid on Alexandria (1941) – 8 casualties Action off Cape Bougaroun – 27 killed Mers al-Kbir – 1...
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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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  • Dodecanese Campaign 1943 1943 Battle of Kos 1943 Battle of Leros 1943 Action off Cape Bougaroun 1943 Raid on Santorini 1944 Raid on Ios 1944 Raid on Mykonos 1944...
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    Naples was her first taste of combat. On 6 November 1943 in an action off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria, 25 aircraft attacked the convoy. Monterey shot down...
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    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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    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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    return to Naples. In December she first patrolled between Cape Bougaroun, island of La Galite and Cape Fer and then from 29 December near Bona, Algeria. In...
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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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    action. 9 July, the Battle of Calabria. An encounter between fleet forces escorting large convoys. Inconclusive results. 19 July, the Battle of Cape Spada...
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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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    in the waters of Malta. In December 1941 she patrolled in the area off Cape Bougaroun. On January 4, 1942 Axum was deployed to an area south of Malta with...
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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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    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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    The Battle off Zuwarah (19/20 January 1943) was a naval night encounter during the Second World War. The battle took place in Libyan waters between the...
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    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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    The Battle of Port Cros took place during World War II off the French Riviera in the Mediterranean Sea on the island of Port-Cros. The battle began when...
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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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    Editore S.p.A. ISBN 978-8-85-208209-2. H. M. Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action, 3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September, 1945. London: Admiralty: Director...
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    Corps would land on either side of Cape Passero, while XIII Corps would land in the Gulf of Noto, around Avola, off to the north. The Eighth Army's beach...
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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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    Air Force aircraft under Air Marshal Sir William Welsh operating east of Cape Tenez in Algeria, and all United States Army Air Forces aircraft under Major...
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    torpedo, the ships taking little evasive action. The close escort on the east side of the convoy moved off with Maestrale and Euro to rally and then...
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    and limped back to Messina. The morning after the action, Sub-Lieutenant McKim was buried at sea off Augusta. No traces of MTB 316 and her crew were found...
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  • fought off by the Italian ships for the loss of a torpedo boat. A British destroyer, disabled by Italian gunfire, had to be scuttled after the action when...
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