Battle of Cape Bon

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The Battle of Cape Bon was a World War II naval engagement off the coast of Tunisia in December 1941, in which Allied destroyers ambushed and sank an Italian cruiser force attempting to reinforce Axis positions in North Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Cape Bon canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval battle ⓘ
AlliedLosses no ships lost ⓘ
AlliedMission disrupt Axis supply lines to North Africa ⓘ
AlliedShip HMS Isaac Sweers ⓘ
HMS Legion ⓘ
HMS Maori ⓘ
HMS Sikh ⓘ
AlliedShipType destroyer ⓘ
belligerent Free French Naval Forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
cause Italian attempt to transport fuel and supplies to North Africa ⓘ
combatant Allies ⓘ
Axis Powers ⓘ
linked to: Axis powers
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence increased Allied control over central Mediterranean night surface actions ⓘ
loss of Italian fast transport capability on that route ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
date 1941-12-13 ⓘ
engagementRange close range ⓘ
followedBy continued Allied interdiction of Axis convoys to Libya ⓘ
ItalianCargo aviation fuel ⓘ
supplies for North Africa ⓘ
ItalianCommander Antonino Toscano ⓘ
ItalianLosses two light cruisers sunk with heavy casualties ⓘ
ItalianMission reinforce Axis positions in North Africa ⓘ
ItalianShip Alberico da Barbiano ⓘ
Alberto di Giussano ⓘ
ItalianShipFate Alberico da Barbiano sunk ⓘ
Alberto di Giussano sunk ⓘ
ItalianShipType Condottieri-class light cruiser ⓘ
location off Cape Bon ⓘ
off the coast of Tunisia ⓘ
month December 1941 ⓘ
navalForceType surface action ⓘ
navalTheater Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
objective intercept Italian cruisers reinforcing North Africa ⓘ
outcome two Italian light cruisers sunk ⓘ
partOf North African campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Duisburg Convoy ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
strategy night destroyer torpedo attack ⓘ
tactic ambush at close range ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
timeOfDay night ⓘ
weaponUsed naval gunfire ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of the Mediterranean → hasPart → Battle of Cape Bon ⓘ
HMS Maori (F24) → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Bon ⓘ
subject linked to: F24