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Battle of Skerki Bank
| Battle of Skerki Bank | |||||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
United Kingdom |
%20crowned.svg) Italy Germany¹ |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| C. H. J. Harcount | Aldo Cocchia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3 light cruisers 2 destroyers |
3 destroyers 2 torpedo boats convoy of 4 ships |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| no ships lost | 1 destroyer entire convoy |
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| ¹one ship in the convoy was German | |||||||
| Mediterranean Campaign |
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| Mers-el-Kébir – Calabria – Spada – Taranto – Spartivento – Matapan – Tarigo – Crete – Duisburg – Bon – 1st Sirte – 2nd Sirte – Harpoon – Vigorous – Pedestal –Agreement – Torch – Toulon – Skerki – |
The Battle of Skerki Bank was a World War II naval battle which took place near Skerki Bank in the Mediterranean Sea on December 1 and 2, 1942 between British and Italian forces.
A British force consisting of three light cruisers and two destroyers under the command of Rear Admiral C. H. J. Harcourt attacked an Italian convoy and its escort of three destroyers and two torpedo boats under the command of Captain Aldo Cocchia. In the battle, one of the Italian destroyers, the Folgore, and the entire convoy were sunk; the British lost no ships
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