Battle of Calabria

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Calabria was a major naval engagement in the Mediterranean during World War II between British and Italian fleets, notable as one of the first large-scale surface actions of the conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Calabria canonical	15
Battle of Punta Stilo	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
aircraftCarrierInvolved	HMS Eagle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Calabria ⓘ surface form: Battle of Punta Stilo
belligerent	Italian Navy ⓘ surface form: Regia Marina Royal Navy ⓘ
casualties	relatively light on both sides ⓘ
combatantSide	Allies ⓘ Axis ⓘ
commander	Andrew Cunningham ⓘ Inigo Campioni ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
damage	Giulio Cesare heavily damaged by HMS Warspite ⓘ several cruisers and destroyers damaged on both sides ⓘ
date	1940-07-09 ⓘ
flagship	Giulio Cesare ⓘ HMS Warspite ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Cape Spartivento ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first major fleet action between Royal Navy and Regia Marina in World War II ⓘ
location	Ionian Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ off Calabria ⓘ
navalCampaign	Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Battle for the Mediterranean
navalForceSize	large surface fleets on both sides ⓘ
notableFor	one of the first large-scale surface actions of World War II ⓘ
outcome	tactically indecisive ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Theater of World War II
precededBy	Italy’s entry into World War II ⓘ
primaryObjective	interception of Italian convoy to Libya ⓘ
region	off the coast of southern Italy ⓘ
result	inconclusive ⓘ
shipInvolved	Bolzano ⓘ Conte di Cavour ⓘ Giulio Cesare ⓘ HMS Eagle ⓘ HMS Malaya ⓘ HMS Royal Sovereign ⓘ HMS Warspite ⓘ Zara-class cruisers ⓘ
strategicConsequence	no decisive change in control of central Mediterranean ⓘ
tacticalFeature	limited air participation ⓘ long-range gunnery duel ⓘ
theater	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	surface naval engagement ⓘ
year	1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

HMS Kimberley → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Battle of Calabria → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Punta Stilo

Inigo Campioni → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Attack on Taranto → precededBy → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Battle of the Mediterranean → hasPart → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

The Grand Old Lady → associatedWith → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

HMS Nubian → tookPartIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Admiral Inigo Campioni → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

subject surface form: Inigo Campioni

HMAS Sydney → battle → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

subject surface form: HMAS Sydney (D48)

Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Zara-class cruisers → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

subject surface form: Zara-class cruiser

Italian cruiser Fiume → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Italian cruiser Bolzano → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Italian cruiser Trieste → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

Italian cruiser Trento → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

British cruiser Orion → participatedIn → Battle of Calabria ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Orion