Attack on Convoy AN 14
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attack-on-convoy-an-14-161-10887862
title:
Attack on Convoy AN 14
text:
The Attack on Convoy AN 14 was a naval engagement during the Second World War between a British naval force defending a convoy of merchant ships, sailing from Port Said and Alexandria to Piraeus in Greece and two Italian torpedo boats which intercepted them north of the island of Crete on 31 January 1941. The Italian vessels, Lupo and Libra launched two torpedoes each. The torpedoes fired by Libra missed their target but one from Lupo hit the 8,120 GRT British tanker Desmoulea which had to be to
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Naval engagement during World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Convoy_AN_14
date created:
2016-02-08T23:35:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T08:33:33Z
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