Action off Cape Passero
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action-off-cape-passero-182-3868907
title:
Action off Cape Passero
text:
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. In Operation MB 6, the Mediterranean Fleet covered Convoy MF 3 from Alexandria to Malta and Convoy MF 4 from Malta to Alexandria. Supermarina had prepared the Strait of Sicily Device with torpedo boats, MAS, minefie
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description:
1940 naval battle during World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_off_Cape_Passero
date created:
2008-03-24T16:41:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T09:09:08Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/HMS_Ajax.jpg","width":800,"height":367}
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13
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