Raid on Alexandria

Wann

19. Dez. 1941

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

31.18° N, 29.86° E

Description

Italian frogman raid on British warships in Alexandria in 1941

Naval

ja

War

World War II

Italian frogman raid on British warships

The Raid on Alexandria was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Royal Italian Navy divers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, who attacked and severely damaged two Royal Navy battleships at their moorings and damaged an oil tanker and a destroyer in the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt, using Siluro Lenta Corsa, manned torpedoes.

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