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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Port Cros (redirect from Action of 15 August 1944)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Operation Scylla (section Night action)
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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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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15 July 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. The action was a combined operation conducted by two Allied special forces, the British...
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