Raid on Algiers

Wann

11. Dez. 1942

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

36.76° N, 3.08° E

Description

Italian frogman raid on Allied ships in Algiers harbour in 1942

Italian frogman raid on Allied ships in Algiers harbour in 1942

The Raid on Algiers, known in Italy as Operation N.A. 1, took place on 11 December 1942, in the Algiers harbour. Italian manned torpedoes and commando frogmen from the Decima Flottiglia MAS were brought to Algiers aboard the Perla-class submarine Ambra. The participating commandos were captured after setting limpet mines which sank two Allied ships and damaged two more.

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