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Battle of the Strait of Otranto can refer to:

  • Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917), a 1917 naval battle during World War I
  • Action in the Strait of Otranto, a 1940 naval battle during World War II

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Battle of the Strait of Otranto

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Battle of the Strait of Otranto can refer to: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917), a 1917 naval battle during World War I Action in the Strait of Otranto...

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Strait of Otranto

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The Strait of Otranto (Albanian: Ngushtica e Otrantos; Italian: Canale d'Otranto) connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from...

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Otranto

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diversionary manoeuvre (Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1940) from the contemporary main attack on Taranto (Battle of Taranto). Otranto experiences a humid...

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Action in the Strait of Otranto

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The Action in the Strait of Otranto [also the Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1940)] was the destruction of an Italian convoy on 12 November 1940 during...

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SMS Csepel

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raids on the Otranto Barrage in 1917, although she sank an Italian destroyer during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. During the action of 22 April...

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SMS Balaton

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unsuccessful raids on the Otranto Barrage in 1917, although she sank an ammunition ship during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. She was transferred...

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SMS Sankt Georg

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that raided the Otranto Barrage; in the ensuing Battle of the Strait of Otranto, Sankt Georg's arrival on the scene was sufficient to force the combined...

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Battle of Taranto

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Pessagno. Meanwhile, X-Force cruisers attacked an Italian convoy (Battle of the Strait of Otranto). This force had three cruisers (HMS Ajax, Orion and HMAS Sydney)...

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SMS Saida

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the narrow waters of the Adriatic Sea. In May 1917, Saida took part in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto, the largest naval action in the course of...

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Italian destroyer Insidioso

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active role in the Adriatic campaign and seeing action in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she was stricken...

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Otranto Barrage

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The Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Strait of Otranto between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Greek side of the Adriatic Sea in...

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Italian destroyer Simone Schiaffino

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night of 14–15 May 1917, the Battle of the Strait of Otranto, the largest naval action of the Adriatic Campaign of World War I, began when the Austro-Hungarian...

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Ottoman conquest of Otranto

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in the summer of 1480, kapudan-i derya Gedik Ahmed Pasha received orders from Mehmed to cross the Strait of Otranto. On 28 July, an Ottoman fleet of 128...

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Italian destroyer Rosolino Pilo

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in the Adriatic campaign and seeing action in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she served in the Mediterranean...

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French destroyer Bisson

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the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in May 1917. She was stricken in 1933 and scrapped in 1939. The Bisson class were enlarged versions of the preceding...

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Italian destroyer Antonio Mosto

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the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she participated in the Mediterranean and Adriatic campaigns of World...

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HMS Otranto

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UK–Australia run as SS Otranto, she was primarily used in the war to search for German commerce raiders. She played small roles in the Battle of Coronel in November...

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SMS Admiral Spaun

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Otranto Barrage and the Strait of Otranto, alongside the Novara-class cruisers. Emboldened by the Austro-Hungarian victory during the Battle of the Strait...

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Alfredo Acton

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which fought the Battle of the Strait of Otranto against the Austrian-Hungarian Navy in 1917. After the war, he was chief of staff of the Italian Navy...

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