Battle of Cape Spada

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The Battle of Cape Spada was a World War II naval engagement in July 1940 near Crete, in which Allied destroyers and cruisers ambushed and defeated an Italian cruiser force in the Mediterranean.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Cape Spada (The Battle of Cape Spada was a World War II naval engagement in July 1940 near Crete, in which Allied destroyers and cruisers ambushed and defeated an Italian cruiser force in the Mediterranean.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action off Cape Spada ⓘ
belligerent Regia Marina ⓘ
linked to: Italian Navy

Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
campaign Mediterranean naval campaign of World War II ⓘ
casualties significant Italian casualties ⓘ
combatType surface ship action ⓘ
commander Ferdinando Casardi ⓘ
John Collins ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 19 July 1940 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Allied operations against Italian shipping in the Aegean ⓘ
location Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
off Cape Spada, Crete ⓘ
navalForceType light cruisers and destroyers ⓘ
near Crete ⓘ
notableFor destruction of a modern Italian light cruiser ⓘ
successful Allied cruiser–destroyer cooperation ⓘ
outcome Bartolomeo Colleoni sunk ⓘ
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere damaged ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
precededBy early Mediterranean naval skirmishes of 1940 ⓘ
primaryAlliedCruiser HMAS Sydney ⓘ
primaryItalianCruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni ⓘ
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere ⓘ
region Aegean Sea area ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Sea
result Allied victory ⓘ
shipInvolved HMAS Sydney ⓘ
HMS Hasty ⓘ
linked to: HMS Havock

HMS Havock ⓘ
HMS Hero ⓘ
HMS Hyperion ⓘ
HMS Ilex ⓘ
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni ⓘ
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere ⓘ
strategicEffect demonstrated Allied naval superiority in Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
tacticalFeature cruiser HMAS Sydney delivered decisive gunfire ⓘ
use of destroyers to shadow and engage ⓘ
tacticalSituation Allied force ambushed Italian cruisers ⓘ
theatre Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
timeOfDay morning engagement ⓘ
year 1940 ⓘ

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HMS Kimberley → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Spada ⓘ
John Collins → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Spada ⓘ
HMAS Sydney (D48) → battle → Battle of Cape Spada ⓘ
subject linked to: HMAS Sydney
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni → battle → Battle of Cape Spada ⓘ
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni → sunkIn → Battle of Cape Spada ⓘ
subject linked to: Bartolomeo Colleoni
Ferdinando Casardi → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Spada ⓘ