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- Battle_off_Zuwarah abstract "The Battle off Zuwarah was a World War II naval battle which took place on the night of 19 January 1943 in Libyan waters between British and Italian forces. The battle ended with the complete destruction of an Italian flotilla of small minesweepers and auxiliary vessels.The British Royal Naval destroyers HMS Kelvin and HMS Javelin were patrolling the area off Zuwarah, Libya. Part of a task force, their mission was to cut off the escape route of the last Italian ships fleeing from Tripoli, which would be conquered by Allied troops on 23 January 1943. Kelvin along with HMS Nubian had forced the Italian torpedo boat Perseo to retire damaged and then sunk the 4,537 ton D'Annunzio (fleeing from Tripoli), a merchant ship, on 15 January 1943.On the night of 19/20 January 1943 Javelin's Type 271 radar detected a number of ships heading directly towards the Tunisian coast, coming from Tripoli. It was the Tripoli minesweeping flotilla, which had been ordered to leave the city and evacuate to Tunisia and then to Italy to avoid capture; the flotilla, under the command of Lieutenant Giuseppe Di Bartolo, was made of four small minesweeping tugs (RD 31, RD 36, RD 37 and RD 39, of which RD 36 and 37 were crewed with Italian Guardia di Finanza personnel), the trawler Scorfano (the largest ship in the convoy), the small tanker Irma, the auxiliary minesweepers DM 12 Guglielmo Marconi (a requisitioned brigantine), R 26 Angelo Musco and R 224 Cinzia (two former fishing vessels), the auxiliary patrol vessel V 66 Astrea (a motor sailing vessel) and the pump boat S. Barbara (towed by the Scorfano).Javelin and Kelvin moved to an area of interception and sent star shells into the air illuminating the lead ships. Realizing this was a group of Italian vessels (mistaken for a convoy), the British opened fire and the battle commenced. The Italians, under heavy fire, weren't able neither to fight back effectively (the RD minesweepers being armed with a 76 mm gun and two 6,5 mm each, while the other ships were only equipped with machine guns) nor to escape (having lower speed than the destroyers). RD 36, the flagship of the flotilla leader, tried to fight back to help the retreat of the other ships, but was soon sunk with all hands (the ship and her crew were awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour for the action against overwhelming odds). The other vessels, fleeing towards the coast in the attempt to allow their crews to escape, were pursued, picked up one by one and destroyed. RD 37 and Scorfano were sunk with no survivors; Marconi was set afire but allowed all of her crew to escape before to sink, and the Irma was finished off with a torpedo.By the morning of 20 January, the flotilla had been completely annihilated. Kelvin had expended 300 rounds of her 4.7 inch guns and Javelin 500 rounds.Javelin and Kelvin quickly retreated to Malta, where they arrived safely the next day.180 men were killed on the Italian side, while the survivors either swam to the shore or were picked up by Italian vessels the next day.".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah causalties "7 wounded".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah commander Michael_Townsend_(Royal_Navy).
- Battle_off_Zuwarah date "1943-01-20".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah isPartOfMilitaryConflict Battle_of_the_Mediterranean.
- Battle_off_Zuwarah place Mediterranean_Sea.
- Battle_off_Zuwarah place Zuwarah.
- Battle_off_Zuwarah result "British victory".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah strength "2 destroyers".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah strength "4 Minesweepers".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah strength "7 small auxiliary vessels".
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- Battle_off_Zuwarah casualties "180".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah casualties "4".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah casualties "7".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah casualties "Entire flotilla sunk".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah commander "Commander Michael Townsend".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah commander "Lieutenant Giuseppe Di Bartolo".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah conflict "Battle off Zuwarah".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah date "--01-20".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah partof "the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah place "Mediterranean, Off Zuwarah".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah result "British victory".
- Battle_off_Zuwarah strength "2".
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- Battle_off_Zuwarah subject Category:1943_in_Italy.
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- Battle_off_Zuwarah comment "The Battle off Zuwarah was a World War II naval battle which took place on the night of 19 January 1943 in Libyan waters between British and Italian forces. The battle ended with the complete destruction of an Italian flotilla of small minesweepers and auxiliary vessels.The British Royal Naval destroyers HMS Kelvin and HMS Javelin were patrolling the area off Zuwarah, Libya.".
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