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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.
Battle of Calabria; Battle of the Campobasso Convoy; Battle of Cape Bon (1941) Battle of Cape Matapan; Action off Cape Passero; Battle of Cape Spada; Battle of Cape Spartivento; Channel Dash; Battle of the Cigno Convoy; Convoy OA 178; Convoy Faith; Convoy HX 47; Convoy HX 49; Convoy HX 90; Convoys HX 229/SC 122; Convoy QP 10; Convoy QP 11 ...
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Sunk 12 October 1940 in the battle of Cape Passero by British cruiser HMS Ajax, with the loss of 98 men. [11] Astore: AS BSN, Naples [a] 30 May 1935 Sold to Sweden as HSwMS Remus in 1940. [7] Decommissioned 1958. [12] Calipso: CI Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 16 November 1938 Sunk 5 December 1940, by mines from submarine mine-layer HMS Rorqual east ...
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...