Battle of Cape Passero (1940) | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of the Second World War | |||||||
British light cruiser HMS Ajax during the Second World War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom | Italy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Edward McCarthy | Carlo Margottini † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 heavy cruiser 1 light cruiser |
4 destroyers 3 torpedo boats | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
13 killed 22 wounded 1 light cruiser damaged |
325 killed 1 destroyer sunk 2 torpedo boats sunk 1 destroyer damaged |
The Battle of Cape Passero (1940), was a naval engagement in the Second World War between the British light cruiser HMS Ajax and seven torpedo boats and destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina, south-east of Sicily, in the early hours of 12 October 1940. It took place in the aftermath of a British supply operation to Malta.
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