4.2 The attack of the Gibraltar force against north Italy ports
On February 6, 1941, force “H” sailed from Gibraltar with the battleships HMS RENOWN and HMS MALAYA, the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL, 1 cruiser ...
3.7 The battle of Cape Teulada
“Following the neutralization in Taranto of half the Italian battle Fleet [see: “The aeronautic operation of Taranto” ], the ...
3.6 The aeronautic operation of Taranto
“This operation has been described so many times that any detailed description is not necessary. I ...
3.5 The attack against Greece
“According to the Italian report, the Italian Navy was completely unaware of the fact that ...
3.4 The encounter of October 12, 1940
"This encounter presents an interesting example of a night attack of destroyers against an isolated ...
3.3 Various operations and lost opportunities
“In July 1940, British torpedo planes attacked and annihilated an Italian destroyer squadron at Tobruk, Libya. Three ...
3.2 The Battle of Cape Spada
“The Italians had decided to reinforce their forces of the island of Leros of the ...
3.1 The Battle of Calabria
“This first meeting between the main forces of the two opponent Fleets – among the ...
2. The beginning of Operations
“One of the first Italian actions at the beginning of naval operations was the deployment ...
1.2 The Italian Navy
During the between the wars period Italy applied an intensive shipbuilding program that would endow her with ...