Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)

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The Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) was a World War I naval engagement in the Adriatic Sea between Allied and Austro-Hungarian forces, centered on an Austro-Hungarian raid against the Otranto Barrage anti-submarine blockade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
AlliedForcesIncluded British cruisers ⓘ
French destroyers ⓘ
Italian cruisers ⓘ
drifters of the Otranto Barrage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action of 15 May 1917 ⓘ
AustroHungarianForcesIncluded Novara-class cruiser SMS Helgoland ⓘ
Novara-class cruiser SMS Novara ⓘ
Novara-class cruiser SMS Saida ⓘ
destroyers ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Austria-Hungary ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties hundreds of Allied sailors killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
cause Austro-Hungarian attempt to weaken the Otranto Barrage ⓘ
commander Alfredo Acton ⓘ
August von Heeringen (naval Adriatic command context) ⓘ
Ernest Troubridge ⓘ
Miklós Horthy ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved French Third Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
date 14–15 May 1917 ⓘ
endDate 1917-05-15 ⓘ
followedBy continued submarine warfare in the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
location Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Strait of Otranto ⓘ
notableFor largest surface action in the Adriatic Sea during World War I ⓘ
objective disruption of Allied anti-submarine blockade ⓘ
raid on the Otranto Barrage ⓘ
opponent Allied naval forces ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian Navy ⓘ
OtrantoBarrageMaintainedBy Allied powers ⓘ
OtrantoBarragePurpose to block Central Powers submarines from entering the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
OtrantoBarrageType anti-submarine blockade ⓘ
partOf Adriatic Campaign of World War I ⓘ
precededBy earlier Austro-Hungarian raids in the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
result Austro-Hungarian victory ⓘ
shipsDamaged SMS Helgoland ⓘ
SMS Novara ⓘ
SMS Saida ⓘ
shipsSunk numerous Allied drifters ⓘ
startDate 1917-05-14 ⓘ
strategicOutcome no decisive long-term change in control of the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
temporary disruption of the Otranto Barrage ⓘ
theater Adriatic Sea ⓘ

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Strait of Otranto → historicalEvent → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
Strait of Otranto → historicalEvent → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1940) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
Austro-Hungarian Navy → engagedIn → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
Otranto Barrage in World War I → theater → Adriatic campaign of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) → objective → raid on the Otranto Barrage ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
Battle of Otranto Straits → notableFor → Attack on the Otranto Barrage drifter line ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
Battle of Otranto Straits → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine → notableBattle → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
k.u.k. Kriegsmarine → notableOperation → Otranto Barrage actions ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
k.u.k. Kriegsmarine → notableOperation → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
Imperial and Royal War Navy → notableEngagement → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
August von Heeringen → yearOfEvent → 1917 Battle of the Strait of Otranto ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
Adriatic Campaign of World War I → hasPart → Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ