Battle of Cape Matapan

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Cape Matapan was a major World War II naval engagement in March 1941 in which British and Allied forces decisively defeated the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.

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Battle of Cape Matapan canonical 46
Battle of Matapan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
AlliedShip HMS Formidable ⓘ
surface form: British aircraft carrier Formidable

British battleship Barham ⓘ
British battleship Valiant ⓘ
HMS Warspite ⓘ
surface form: British battleship Warspite

HMS Ajax ⓘ
surface form: British cruiser Ajax

British cruiser Gloucester ⓘ
British cruiser Orion ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties minimal Allied ship losses ⓘ
over 2,300 Italian sailors killed ⓘ
combatant Italian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Regia Marina

Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
commander Andrew Cunningham ⓘ
Angelo Iachino ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
date 1941-03-27 ⓘ
1941-03-28 ⓘ
1941-03-29 ⓘ
endDate 1941-03-29 ⓘ
ItalianShip battleship Vittorio Veneto ⓘ
heavy cruiser Fiume ⓘ
heavy cruiser Pola ⓘ
heavy cruiser Zara ⓘ
location Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
off Cape Matapan ⓘ
off the coast of Greece ⓘ
notableFeature first major use of shipborne radar in a Mediterranean naval battle ⓘ
objective to disrupt Italian naval operations in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Theater of World War II
precededBy Attack on Taranto ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Taranto
result decisive Allied victory ⓘ
shipSunk Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto (damaged, not sunk) ⓘ
Italian destroyer Alfieri ⓘ
Italian destroyer Carducci ⓘ
Italian destroyer Gioberti (damaged) ⓘ
Italian destroyer Oriani (damaged) ⓘ
Italian heavy cruiser Fiume ⓘ
heavy cruiser Pola ⓘ
surface form: Italian heavy cruiser Pola

Italian heavy cruiser Zara ⓘ
significance secured Allied naval superiority in the eastern Mediterranean in 1941 ⓘ
weakened the Italian battle fleet in the Mediterranean ⓘ
startDate 1941-03-27 ⓘ
strategy use of radar-directed night engagement by the Royal Navy ⓘ
supportedBy Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

Philip Vian → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
HMS Kimberley → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Mediterranean Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Captain Philip Vian → notableFor → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Vian
Captain Philip Vian → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Vian
HMS Warspite → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Andrew Cunningham → notableEvent → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Battle of Cape Spartivento → followedBy → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Battle of the Mediterranean → hasPart → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
HMS Formidable → tookPartIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Fairey Fulmar → sawActionIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Royal Navy battleships → engagedInBattle → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Matapan
HMS Naiad → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
HMS Illustrious → tookPartIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
The Grand Old Lady → associatedWith → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto (damaged, not sunk) → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto (damaged, not sunk) → survivedBattle → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
Italian heavy cruiser Zara → engagement → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian destroyer Gioberti (damaged) → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian destroyer Gioberti
Italian destroyer Gioberti (damaged) → sufferedDamageIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian destroyer Gioberti
Italian destroyer Oriani (damaged) → tookPartIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian destroyer Oriani
Italian destroyer Oriani (damaged) → sustainedDamageIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian destroyer Oriani
heavy cruiser Pola → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian cruiser Pola
heavy cruiser Pola → sunkIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian cruiser Pola
heavy cruiser Pola → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian cruiser Pola
HMS Nubian → tookPartIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian destroyer Alfieri → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian destroyer Alfieri → lostIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian destroyer Alfieri → navalBattle → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
cruisers of Force H → notableOperation → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian destroyer Carducci → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian destroyer Carducci → lostIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
British battleship Valiant → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Valiant
battleship Vittorio Veneto → navalEngagement → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Vittorio Veneto
Andrew Browne Cunningham → notableEvent → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Zara-class cruisers → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian cruiser Zara
Italian cruiser Fiume → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian cruiser Fiume → sunkIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian cruiser Bolzano → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Battle of Cape Teulada → relatedTo → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Italian cruiser Trento → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
British battleship Barham → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Barham
British cruiser Orion → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Orion
British cruiser Gloucester → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Gloucester
HMAS Perth (D29) → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ