1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto

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Related Types	Units Involved \| Persons Involved
Related Pages	Standard View \| Order Of Battle \| Places Involved \| Full Cast \| Activities Involved \| Major Subordinates
Engagement	1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto

Start YMDHM	01:00
End YMDHM	01:00
Duration	1day
Sink Ship	ITA Conte Di Cavour 1937 \| ITA Caio Duilio \| ITA Littorio
Primary Unit Involvement	RN Taranto Attack Force - 1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto
Activity Type	Engagement
Conducted By Country	Great Britain
Conducted Against Country	Italy
Contained In Theatre Of War	Mediterranean Theatre
Engagement Type	Air Strike
Strike Range Nautical Mile	180
Torpedo Hits Achieved	5
Level Bomb Hits Achieved	1
Activity Class	Major
Completeness	Order Of Battle Complete \| Units Entered

	Summary
	21 BR Fairey Swordfish sank 3 Italian battleships.

Places
1) Location Place	2) 1: Included In Place	3) 2: Depicted In Image
Taranto	Italy

Personal Involvements
Commanded By	Rank
Lyster A L St G	RADM

Unit Involvements
1) Opposing Unit Involvement	2) 1:Result	3) 1: Commanded By	4) 3:Rank	5) 1: Ship Age
RMI Forces In Taranto - 1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto	Defeated	Riccardi Arturo	VADM
RMI Battle Fleet		Camponi Inigo	VADM
RMI 9th Battleship Division		Bergamini Carlo	RADM
ITA Littorio	Sunk			0.52yr
ITA Vittorio Veneto				0.54yr
RMI 5th Battleship Division
ITA Conte Di Cavour 1937	Sunk			25.62yr
ITA Giulio Cesare 1937				26.5yr
ITA Andrea Doria				24.41yr
ITA Caio Duilio	Sunk			25.51yr
RMI 1st Cruiser Division		Iachino Angelo	VADM
ITA Pola				7.89yr
ITA Zara				9.06yr
ITA Gorizia				8.89yr
ITA Fiume				8.97yr
RMI 3rd Cruiser Division
ITA Bolzano				7.23yr
ITA Trento				11.61yr
ITA Trieste				11.89yr
RMI 8th Cruiser Division
ITA Luigi Di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi				2.95yr
ITA Guiseppe Garibaldi				2.89yr
ITA Destroyer Division 9
ITA Giosue Carducci				3.03yr
ITA Vittorio Alfieri				2.95yr
ITA Alfredo Oriani				3.33yr
ITA Vincenzo Gioberti				3.04yr
RMI 8th Destroyer Division
ITA Lampo				8.25yr
ITA Baleno				8.41yr
ITA Folgore				8.36yr
ITA Giuseppe Miraglia				13.86yr

Documents
Covered By Document
Chronology Of The War At Sea 1939-1945	N
Man O'War 5 Town Class Cruisers	N
Regia Marina Italian Battleships Of World War II	N
Sea Battles In Close-up World War 2	N
The Naval War In The Mediterranean 1940-1943	N
Warship Profile No 11 HMS Illustrious Aircraft Carrier 1939-1956	N
Warship Profile No 17 RN Zara Heavy Cruiser 1929-1941	N

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