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Battle off Zuwarah
Part of the Mediterranean theatre of World War II

HMS Javelin (1941)
Date19/20 January 1943
Location
Off Zuwarah, Mediterranean Sea
32°56′N 12°05′E / 32.933°N 12.083°E / 32.933; 12.083
Result British victory
Belligerents
Battle off Zuwarah United Kingdom Battle off Zuwarah Italy
Commanders and leaders
Battle off Zuwarah Michael Townsend Battle off Zuwarah Giuseppe Di Bartolo 
Strength
2 destroyers 6 minesweepers
1 trawler
1 patrol boat
1 pump boat[1]
Casualties and losses
7 wounded 180 killed
6 minesweepers sunk
1 trawler sunk
1 patrol boat sunk
1 pump boat sunk[2]

The Battle off Zuwarah (19/20 January 1943) was a naval night encounter during the Second World War. The battle took place in Libyan waters between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina. An Italian flotilla of small minesweepers and auxiliary vessels evacuating Tripoli was destroyed by two British destroyers.

  1. ^ Tomblin 2004, p. 104.
  2. ^ O'Hara 2009, p. 206.

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