Attack on Taranto

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air raid military operation naval battle

Attack on Taranto was a landmark World War II Royal Navy air raid in 1940 that demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft against battleships in harbor and influenced later operations such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Taranto	13
Attack on Taranto canonical	2
Operation Judgement (Taranto)	1
Taranto landings	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air raid ⓘ military operation ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
airGroupCommander	Lumley Lyster ⓘ
attacker	Royal Navy ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
codename	Operation Judgment ⓘ
combatant	Italian Navy ⓘ surface form: Regia Marina Royal Navy ⓘ
commander	Andrew Cunningham ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
damagedShip	Caio Duilio ⓘ Conte di Cavour ⓘ Littorio ⓘ
date	11 November 1940 ⓘ
defender	Italian Navy ⓘ surface form: Regia Marina
demonstrated	effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft against battleships in harbor ⓘ vulnerability of battleships to air power ⓘ
endDate	12 November 1940 ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent Royal Navy operations in the Mediterranean ⓘ
influenceOn	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
involvedShip	HMS Eagle ⓘ HMS Illustrious ⓘ
launchedFrom	HMS Illustrious ⓘ
location	Taranto ⓘ Taranto harbor ⓘ
notableFeature	first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history ⓘ use of torpedoes in shallow harbor waters ⓘ
numberOfWaves	2 ⓘ
objective	disable Italian battleships at Taranto ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
precededBy	Battle of Calabria ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ severe damage to Italian battleship force ⓘ
sankOrDisabled	Conte di Cavour ⓘ
sorties	21 Fairey Swordfish aircraft ⓘ
strategicEffect	boosted British naval morale ⓘ reduced Italian naval threat in the Mediterranean ⓘ
targetedShip	Italian battleship Caio Duilio ⓘ Italian battleship Conte di Cavour ⓘ battleship Vittorio Veneto ⓘ surface form: Italian battleship Littorio
theater	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
timeOfDay	night ⓘ
usedAircraftType	Fairey Swordfish ⓘ
usedWeapon	aerial torpedo ⓘ bombs ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Fleet Air Arm → notableOperation → Attack on Taranto ⓘ

Operation Slapstick → alsoKnownAs → Attack on Taranto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taranto landings

Battle of Cape Matapan → precededBy → Attack on Taranto ⓘ