Taranto harbor

E440791
harbor naval base seaport

Taranto harbor is a strategic naval port in southern Italy that served as a major base for the Italian fleet during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Port of Taranto 1
industrial port of Taranto 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf harbor ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
associatedWith Italian battleship fleet ⓘ
Mediterranean naval campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedBy canals between Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
eventDate Battle of Taranto 11–12 November 1940 NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFeatureType natural harbor ⓘ
hasAccessTo Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction commercial port ⓘ
naval operations base ⓘ
ship repair and maintenance ⓘ
hasInfrastructure arsenal of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
docks ⓘ
military fortifications ⓘ
naval shipyards ⓘ
piers ⓘ
hasPart Mar Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mar Piccolo NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
British air attack in November 1940 ⓘ
locatedIn Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPartOf southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Gulf of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ionian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranchStationed Italian Navy submarine units ⓘ
Italian Navy surface fleet units ⓘ
nearbyCity Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy Italian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Italian naval infrastructure ⓘ
Mediterranean naval theater in World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionCapitalOfNearbyCity Province of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicFor Axis powers in World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole control of access to the Ionian Sea ⓘ
protection of southern Italian coast ⓘ
usedAs home port for Italian battleships during World War II ⓘ
major base for the Italian fleet during World War II ⓘ
usedBy Italian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedSince ancient times as a port ⓘ
wasTargetOf Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attack on Taranto → location → Taranto harbor ⓘ
Province of Taranto → knownFor → Taranto harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: industrial port of Taranto
Taranto → hasPort → Taranto harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Taranto