"Strait of Otranto – November 1940" Topic
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Tango01  | 05 Jun 2025 4:49 p.m. PST |
"On the night of 11th of November 1940 aircraft from HMS Illustrious attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto harbour. Simultaneously surface elements, Force X, conducted a sweep of the Strait of Otranto intending to create a diversion. Force X, under Vice Admiral Pridham-Whippel, comprised three cruisers and two destroyers. Specifically the cruisers HMS Orion, HMS Ajax and HMAS Sydney and the the destroyers HMS Mohawk and HMS Nubian. In the resulting historic action the Italians would suffer the almost complete loss of a convoy returning from Albania at the hands of Force X…"
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