Battle of the Espero Convoy

When

28 Jun 1940

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

35.14° N, 20.58° E

Description

WWII battle between Italy and the Allies

Naval

yes

War

World War II

WWII battle between Italy and the Allies

The Battle of the Espero Convoy on 28 June 1940, was the first surface engagement between Italian and Allied warships of the Second World War. Three 36 kn Italian destroyers made a dash from Taranto for Tobruk in Libya to transport Blackshirt anti-tank units, in case of an armoured attack from Egypt by the British.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille du convoi Espero”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой с конвоем Эсперо на юго-западнее Крита между итальянским конвоем из трёх эсминцев и пятью британскими лёгкими крейсерами под командованием командующего…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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