First Battle of Sirte

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World War II battle naval battle

The First Battle of Sirte was a World War II naval engagement in December 1941 between British Royal Navy forces and the Italian Regia Marina off the coast of Libya, fought over control of supply routes to North Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alliedObjective protect convoy to Malta ⓘ
axisObjective intercept British convoy to Malta ⓘ
belligerent Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
BritishCommander Rear-Admiral Philip Vian NERFINISHED ⓘ
BritishShipParticipated HMS Carlisle NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Euryalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Havock NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Naiad NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties light on both sides ⓘ
combatant Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander Angelo Iachino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Vian NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
convoyInvolved British convoy to Malta ⓘ
countryInvolved Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1941-12-17 ⓘ
followedBy Second Battle of Sirte NERFINISHED ⓘ
ItalianCommander Admiral Angelo Iachino NERFINISHED ⓘ
ItalianShipParticipated Alpino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gorizia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Granatiere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Littorio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maestrale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oriani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trento NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trieste NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Gulf of Sirte NERFINISHED ⓘ
off the coast of Libya ⓘ
month December 1941 ⓘ
navalTheater Central Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective control of supply routes to North Africa ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
North African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Cape Spartivento NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedOperation Axis convoys to North Africa ⓘ
Malta convoys NERFINISHED ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
shipTypeInvolved battleship ⓘ
cruiser ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
strategicContext supply of Axis and Allied forces in North Africa ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

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

Second Battle of Sirte → precededBy → First Battle of Sirte ⓘ
battleship Vittorio Veneto → navalEngagement → First Battle of Sirte ⓘ
subject surface form: Vittorio Veneto
Italian cruiser Trento → participatedIn → First Battle of Sirte ⓘ