Italian frogman raid on Allied ships in Algiers harbour in 1942
Raid on Algiers
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of Second World War
Date
11 December 1942
Location
Algiers, Mediterranean Sea
Result
Italian victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United States Norway
Italy
Commanders and leaders
Morgan Morgan-Giles
Mario Arillo
Strength
Harbour defences
1 submarine 3 Human torpedoes 10 frogmen
Casualties and losses
1 cargo ship sunk 1 tanker damaged 2 cargo ships damaged 1 military transport ship damaged[1]
16 captured
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Battle of the Mediterranean
1940
Vado
Malta
Club Run¹
Espero ¹²
Mers-el-Kébir
Calabria¹²
Cape Spada
Hurry ¹
Cape Passero¹
MB8 ¹
Taranto
Otranto²
White ¹
Cape Spartivento¹
1941
Excess ¹
Convoy AN 14¹
Genoa
Abstention
Souda Bay
Matapan
Tarigo ²
Crete ²
Substance ¹
Grand Harbour
Halberd ¹
Duisburg ²
Bon²
1st Sirte¹²
Alexandria
1942
2nd Sirte¹
Calendar ¹
Bowery ¹
Albumen
Harpoon ¹
Vigorous ¹
Pedestal ¹
Agreement
Torch
Stoneage ¹
Toulon
Portcullis ¹
Skerki²
Olterra¹
Algiers¹
1943
Zuwarah
Cigno ²
Campobasso ²
Pantelleria
Sicily
Gela
Scylla ²
Messina convoy²
Bastia
Strait of Bonifacio
Dodecanese
Rhodes
Leros
Kos
Cape Bougaroun¹
1944
Ist
Santorini
Symi
Port Cros
La Ciotat
1945
Ligurian Sea ¹
Allied convoys
Malta convoys
U-boat Campaign
¹ — Involved an Allied convoy or delivery mission
² — Involved an Axis convoy or delivery mission
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