What the records say
- When
- 16 Apr 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.16° N, 11.51° E
- Description
- naval battle of World War II, part of the Battle of the Mediterranean
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Battle of the Tarigo Convoy
1941 naval battle of World War II near Tunisia
The Battle of the Tarigo Convoy was a naval battle of the Second World War, part of the Battle of the Mediterranean. The battle was fought on 16 April 1941, between four Royal Navy destroyers and three Italian destroyers of the Regia Marina that were escorting a convoy near the Kerkennah Islands off Sfax, on the Tunisian coast.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale britannique sur l'Italie à la bataille des îles Kerkennah en Tunisie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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