Action off Bastia

Action off Bastia
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II
The Italian torpedo boat Aliseo
Date 9 September 1943 Location Tyrrhenian Sea near Bastia 42°42′N 9°30′E / 42.7°N 9.5°E / 42.7; 9.5 Result Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Carlo Fecia di Cossato	Unknown
Strength
2 torpedo boats 1 corvette coastal batteries	2 submarine chasers 5 MFPs 2 captured merchant ships
Casualties and losses
1 torpedo boat heavily damaged 1 torpedo boat slightly damaged 70 dead	2 submarine chasers sunk 5 MFPs sunk 1 motor boat sunk 2 cargo ships beached and recaptured 160 dead 25 prisoners[1]

The action off Bastia (French: bataille navale de Pietracorbara)^[1] was a naval battle fought on 9 September 1943 off Corsica's principal port of Bastia in the Tyrrhenian Sea, part of the Mediterranean Sea. It was one of the few successful Italian reactions to Operation Achse, and one of the first acts of resistance by the Italian armed forces against Nazi Germany after the armistice of Cassibile.