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Battle of the Cigno Convoy

16 avr. 1943 · 37.81° N, 12.19° E

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16 avr. 1943
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Bataille
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37.81° N, 12.19° E
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1943 battle
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World War II

Battle of the Cigno Convoy

1943 battle of World War II

The Battle of the Cigno Convoy was a naval engagement between two British destroyers of the Royal Navy and two torpedo boats of the Regia Marina south-east of Marettimo island to the west of Sicily, in the early hours of 16 April 1943. The Italian ships were escorting the transport ship Belluno to Tunisia; the torpedo boat Tifone, carried aviation fuel.

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