Corfu Channel incident

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The Corfu Channel incident was a 1946 naval confrontation between the United Kingdom and Albania in the Strait of Corfu that led to significant loss of life and became a landmark case in international law before the International Court of Justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom–Albania relations event ⓘ
international legal case ⓘ
naval incident ⓘ
belligerent People's Republic of Albania ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
casualties 42 wounded ⓘ
44 killed ⓘ
category 1946 in international relations ⓘ
International Court of Justice cases ⓘ
Naval incidents in the Ionian Sea ⓘ
United Kingdom–Albania relations ⓘ
cause mines laid in the Corfu Channel ⓘ
compensationOrdered £843,947 ⓘ
countryInvolved Albania ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1946-05-15 ⓘ
1946-10-22 ⓘ
endDate 1946-10-22 ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
hasLocation Corfu Channel ⓘ
linked to: Strait of Corfu

Strait of Corfu ⓘ
hasPart first Corfu Channel incident ⓘ
second Corfu Channel incident ⓘ
heardByCourt International Court of Justice ⓘ
ICJJudgment Albania held responsible for damage and loss of life ⓘ
United Kingdom found to have violated Albanian sovereignty by minesweeping ⓘ
ICJJudgmentDate 1949-04-09 ⓘ
legalProceeding Corfu Channel case ⓘ
near island of Corfu ⓘ
linked to: Corfu
notableFor development of customary international law on state responsibility ⓘ
first case decided by the International Court of Justice ⓘ
interpretation of the right of innocent passage ⓘ
partOf post–World War II international disputes ⓘ
place Ionian Sea ⓘ
precededBy World War II naval mine warfare in the Mediterranean ⓘ
relatedTo Corfu Channel case ⓘ
innocent passage ⓘ
mines in international waters ⓘ
state responsibility in international law ⓘ
result case before the International Court of Justice ⓘ
significant loss of life ⓘ
shipInvolved HMS Orion ⓘ
HMS Saumarez ⓘ
HMS Superb ⓘ
HMS Volage ⓘ
startDate 1946-05-15 ⓘ
year 1946 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strait of Corfu → hasHistoricalEvent → Corfu Channel incident ⓘ
Strait of Corfu → wasSiteOf → Corfu Channel incident of 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Corfu Channel incident
HMS Saumarez → incident → Corfu Channel incident ⓘ
Corfu Channel incident → legalProceeding → Corfu Channel case ⓘ
linked to: Corfu Channel incident
Corfu Channel incident → relatedTo → Corfu Channel case ⓘ
linked to: Corfu Channel incident