Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)

When

15 May 1917

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.86° N, 7.51° E

Location

Strait of Otranto, Adriatic Sea

Outcome

Indecisive

Belligerents

Italy United Kingdom France vs Austria–Hungary Germany

Placed at the midpoint of the belligerents’ countries: the source gives no place.

Battle in World War I

The Battle of the Strait of Otranto of 1917 was the result of an Austro-Hungarian raid during the Adriatic Campaign of World War I on the Otranto Barrage, an Allied naval blockade of the Strait of Otranto. The battle took place on 15 May 1917, and was the largest surface action in the Adriatic Sea during World War I.

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