Action off Cape Bougaroun | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II | |||||||
![]() Map of Cape Bougaroun, to the east of Algiers | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
1 cruiser 10 destroyers 4 destroyer escorts 26 merchant ships | 25 aircraft | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 killed 1 destroyer sunk 2 merchant ships sunk 1 destroyer damaged 2 merchant ships damaged |
~10 killed 7 aircraft shot down |
The action off Cape Bougaroun (Cap Bougaroûn) [Attack on Convoy KMF 25A], was a Luftwaffe operation against an Allied naval convoy off the coast of Algeria during World War II. The convoy of American, British, Greek and Dutch ships was attacked on 6 November 1943 by 25 German bombers and torpedo-bombers.
Six Allied vessels were sunk or damaged and seven German aircraft were shot down. The Germans had achieved a tactical victory, though the Allied warships involved received credit for shooting down so many bombers. At least four men were killed but the rescue effort led to the saving of over 6,000 servicemen and civilians.
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