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  2. Battle of the Tarigo Convoy - Wikipedia

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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.It was fought on 16 April 1941, between four Royal Navy destroyers and three Italian destroyers of the Regia Marina which were escorting a convoy near the Kerkennah Islands off Sfax, on the Tunisian coast.

  3. Pietro De Cristofaro - Wikipedia

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    In November 1939 he was again given command of the destroyer Tarigo, of which he still was the commanding officer on 10 June 1940, when Italy entered World War II. In the first ten months of war, De Cristofaro with Tarigo carried out a number of convoy escort missions between Italy and Libya, as well as minelaying operations in the Strait of ...

  4. 14th Destroyer Flotilla - Wikipedia

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    It was part of Force C at the Battle of Cape Matapan, 27 to 29 March 1941. [4] [5] The Flotilla was engaged at Battle of the Tarigo Convoy on 16 April 1941. It took part in the Second Battle of Sirte, (22 March 1942). [6] It was next transferred to the Levant Command then at Alexandria until 2 July 1943. [3]

  5. Malta convoys - Wikipedia

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    On 16 April, the value of Malta for offensive operations was shown when four destroyers of 14th Flotilla (the Malta Striking Force), recently based in the island, destroyed an Afrika Korps supply convoy (five ships, for a total of 14,000 GRT and three escorts) in the Battle of the Tarigo Convoy. [34] [35] [b]

  6. Luca Tarigo - Wikipedia

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    Luca Tarigo was a Genoese explorer and merchant based in Caffa in the Crimea during the 14th century. In 1347 he travelled up the rivers Don and Volga into the Caspian Sea.. The Italian Navigatori class destroyer Luca Tarigo, which was sunk in the Battle of the Tarigo Convoy in World War II was named after him.

  7. Category:Mediterranean convoys of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Battle of the Tarigo Convoy This page was last edited on 17 February 2024, at 15:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  8. 'Take Our Border Back' vehicle convoy to rally near US ... - AOL

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    A vehicle convoy carrying Americans opposed to illegal immigration plans to rally at three points near the U.S.-Mexico border on Saturday, with organizers saying the action will focus on peaceful ...

  9. Category:April 1941 events - Wikipedia

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    Battle of the Tarigo Convoy; Siege of Tobruk This page was last edited on 3 July 2018, at 00:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...