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Action off Cape Bougaroun | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II | |||||||
![]() USS Beatty in January 1943. | |||||||
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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 transports | 25 aircraft | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
17 killed ~9 wounded 1 destroyer sunk 2 merchant ships sunk 1 destroyer damaged 2 merchant ships damaged |
~10 killed 6 aircraft destroyed |
The action off Cape Bougaroun (Cap Bougaroûn), or the 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 land-based aircraft. Six Allied vessels were sunk or damaged and six German aircraft were destroyed. German forces achieved a tactical victory, though the Allied warships involved received credit for defending their convoy and reacting to their losses quickly. The quick response led to the rescue of over 6,000 servicemen and civilians without further loss of life.
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