Battle of Otranto Straits

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World War I battle naval battle

The Battle of Otranto Straits was a major 1917 naval engagement between Allied and Austro-Hungarian forces in the Adriatic Sea, notable for its impact on anti-submarine operations and control of Mediterranean sea routes during World War I.

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Battle of Otranto Straits canonical 1
Battle of the Otranto Straits 1
Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
aim Facilitate Austro-Hungarian submarine operations into the Mediterranean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Otranto Straits ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Otranto Straits

Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
belligerent Austro-Hungarian Navy ⓘ
French Navy ⓘ
Italian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Regia Marina

Royal Navy ⓘ
commander Regent Miklós Horthy ⓘ
surface form: Miklós Horthy
commanderSide Miklós Horthy – Austro-Hungarian Navy ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1917-05-14 ⓘ
endDate 1917-05-15 ⓘ
impact Prompted improvements in Allied convoy and patrol systems ⓘ
involves Allied drifters and patrol craft ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian cruisers and destroyers ⓘ
Otranto Barrage in World War I ⓘ
surface form: Otranto Barrage
location Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Strait of Otranto ⓘ
notableFor Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) ⓘ
surface form: Attack on the Otranto Barrage drifter line

Impact on anti-submarine operations in the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Largest surface action in the Adriatic during World War I ⓘ
objective Attack the Otranto Barrage ⓘ
Disrupt Allied anti-submarine operations ⓘ
Weaken control of Mediterranean sea routes ⓘ
opponent Allied naval forces ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Austro-Hungarian naval forces
partOf Adriatic Campaign of World War I ⓘ
Naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War I ⓘ
result Austro-Hungarian tactical victory ⓘ
Strategic situation largely unchanged ⓘ
strategicContext Control of access between Adriatic Sea and Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
timePeriod May 14–15, 1917 ⓘ
typeOfEngagement surface naval action ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Mediterranean theatre of World War I → significantEvent → Battle of Otranto Straits ⓘ
Otranto Barrage in World War I → notableEvent → Battle of Otranto Straits ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917)
Battle of Otranto Straits → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Otranto Straits ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Otranto Straits