Second Battle of Sirte

Cuándo

22 mar 1942

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

34.00° N, 17.50° E

Description

fought on 22 March 1942

Naval

sí

War

World War II

1942 naval battle between British and Italian forces

The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval engagement in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Gulf of Sidra and south-east of Malta, during the Second World War. The escorting warships of a British convoy to Malta held off a much more powerful squadron of the Regia Marina. The British convoy was composed of four merchant ships, escorted by four light cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser and 17 destroyers.

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