Action off Calabria

When

9 Jul 1940

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.67° N, 17.33° E

Description

1940 naval battle

War

World War II

World War II naval battle

The Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War between ships of the Regia Marina and those of the Mediterranean Fleet. The battle took place 30 nmi to the east of Punta Stilo, Calabria.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Seeschlacht bei Punta Stilo während der Belagerung von Malta zwischen der britischen Mediterranean Fleet unter Andrew Cunningham und der italienischen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Punta Stilo au large de la Calabre, premier affrontement en Méditerranée entre les flottes italienne et britannique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой у Калабрии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000