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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 destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina, in the central Mediterranean, to the south-east of Sicily, on the night of 11/12 October 1940.
The Battle of Cape Spartivento, known as the Battle of Cape Teulada in Italy, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War, fought between naval forces of the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina on 27 November 1940.
The Battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the second World War. It took place on 19 July 1940 in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada , the north-western extremity of Crete .
HMS Ajax was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Malta and as a supply escort in the siege of Tobruk. This ship was the eighth in the Royal Navy to bear the name.
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Bartolomeo Colleoni was an Italian Giussano-class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II. She was named after Bartolomeo Colleoni, an Italian military leader of the 15th century. She was sunk at the Battle of Cape Spada early in the war.
The first batch of ships were laid down in 1937, being completed between 1938 and 1939, [2] with the second batch being laid down in 1940–1941, with five completing in 1942. [ 4 ] Four more of the first batch ( Ascari , Camicia Nera , Geniere and Lanciere ) were modified in 1941–1942 by replacing the starshell gun with a full power 120 mm ...
Promoted to captain in 1935, McCarthy was the highest ranking British officer at the Battle of Cape Passero in 1940, and [2] he commanded HMS Ajax from 1940 [3] and HMS Anson from 1943, taking part in Operation Tungsten against the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944, [4] and then becoming Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1944. [5]