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	Battle of Cape Spada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle of World War II fought in the Mediterranean off Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete on 19 July 1940.
		The battle occurred when an Allied squadron patrolling the Aegean encountered two Italian cruisers transferring from Italy to Leros, at that time an Italian colony in the Dodecanese Islands.
		In the running battle which followed, Bartolomeo Colleoni was hard hit by Sydney, and after a shell locked the rudder (at 09:23) she stopped dead in the water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spada (346 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Cape Spada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battle of Mediterranean Conflict World War II Date Place Mediterranean Sea Result Allied victory The Naval Battle of the Mediterranean was waged during World War II, to attack and keep open the respective supply lines of Allied and Axis armies, and to destroy the opposing sides ability to wage...
		The Battle of Calabria, also known as the Battle of Punta Stilo, was a naval battle between ships of Italian Regia Marina on one side and the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy on the other.
		The Battle of Cape Spartivento, known as the Battle of Cape Teulada in Italy, was a minor engagement between naval forces of the British Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina on 27 November 1940, during World War II.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Cape-Spada (1738 words)

	Broadmining: Cape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A cape is an article of clothing, and can be used to describe any sleeveless outer garment, such as a poncho.
		A gas cape was a voluminous military garment designed to give rain protection to someone wearing the bulky gas masks used in twentieth century wars.
		Superheroes, vampires, and the like are often depicted wearing capes, and they are therefore sometimes adopted by those with superheroic or vampiric pretensions.
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	Cape Spada. HMAS Sydney at her finest
		The action took place off Cape Spada, the tongue of land which, with Agria Grabusa a little to the westward, forms the north-western extremity of Crete and is that island's furthermost projection into the Aegean Sea.
		The southern destroyers were westward of Cape Spada at this time, and to the north-westward of Agria Grabusa, steering a westerly course.
		She came rushing to the southward, on the port beam of the Italians, guns flashing, battle ensigns streaming, and such a smother of foam at bow and stern that from the destroyers one seemed almost to hear the high-tensioned scream of the machinery driving her across the water.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/cape-spada.htm (1262 words)

	Battle of Cape Spartivento @ BasketballLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The battle ended in a draw, but served to convince the Italians to continue attacks of this nature, which ended disastrously a few months later during the battle of Cape Matapan.
		At 11:45 on the 27th the British were informed that the Italians were only 50 miles away and closing for battle, but at this point Force D had not yet arrived from Alexandria and the British were outgunned.
		During this time the Italian destroyer Lanciere was hit by a salvo from Manchester and seriously damaged, although she was towed to port after the battle, and British heavy cruiser Berwick was hit by a single 8-inch shell on her Y Turret, which was knocked out, and a second hit which did little damage.
	www.basketballliving.com /allabout/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento (902 words)

	Regia Marina biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		July 20, 1866: Sea battle against Austrian fleet (Battle of Lissa), near the island of Vis in the Adriatic sea.
		The British attack at the Taranto (Battle of Taranto) was a very successful attack by carrier-borne aircrafts carrying torpedoes against Italian battleships in harbor.
		Battle of Cape Spada (1940), Bartolomeo Colleoni is sunk by torpedoes.
	regia-marina.biography.ms (517 words)

	HMS Havock (H43) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Havock (H43) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Havock (H43) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 May 1935, launched on 7 July 1936 and commissioned on 18 January 1937.
		Havock participated in the First Battle of Narvik in April 1940, the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 and the evacuation of Greece in April 1941.
		Havock ran aground off Kelibia in the Strait of Sicily while on passage from Malta to Gibraltar on 6 April 1942 and was wrecked.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Havock-H43.html (221 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: July_19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		1333 - Battle of Halidon Hill: the final battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
		1940 - World War II: Battle of Cape Spada between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualities.
		1942 - World War II: Battle of the Atlantic - German Grand Admiral Karl DÃ¶nitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast postions in response to the an effective American convoy system.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=July_19 (825 words)

	Cape Spada
		Captain Umberto Novaro of the Colleoni was rescued, but died of severe wounds four days later in Alexandria where he was buried with full military honors, with Captain Collins of the Sydney being one of the officers baring the coffin.
		The Bande Nere was sunk by a British submarine on April 1st, 1942 while the H.M.A.S. Sydney was sunk by the German Raider Kormoran during an epic battle near Fremantle (Australia)
		The R.N. Colleoni dead in the water without its bow.
	www.regiamarina.net /battles/capespada/capespada_us.htm (410 words)

	Articles - Regia Marina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		July 20, 1866: Sea battle against the Austrian fleet in the Battle of Lissa, near the island of Vis in the Adriatic sea - the last major sea battle that involved ramming.
		Battle of Cape Spada (19 July 1940) - Bartolomeo Colleoni sunk by torpedoes.
		Battle of Cape Matapan, Pola, Zara, Fiume, Vittorio Alfieri and GiosuÃ© Carducci sunk (27 March 1941)
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/Regia_Marina (925 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot 20th Century Diary
		Battle of Cape Spada - Sydney destroys Italian Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni.
		Sydney, Stuart, Voyager and Vampire in battle Of Calabria.
		Battle of Matapan - Perth, Stuart and Vendetta.
	www.gunplot.net /randiary/ranmilennium3.html (781 words)

	Italian Naval Massacre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During the March 28, 1941, Battle of Cape Matapan, British Admiral Andrew B. Cunningham decided once and for all who would be master of the Mediterranean.
		On July 9, 1940, the Royal Navy caught the Italians off the coast of Calabria, where a first-round hit was scored by the battleship HMS Warspite on the battleship Giulio Cesare, disabling her for months.
		On July 19, at the Battle of Cape Spada, the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney, along with five destroyers, attacked two Italian light cruisers, sinking one and damaging the other.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blitaliannavalmassacre (1191 words)

	Regia_Marina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The British attack at the naval base of Taranto (Battle of Taranto) was a very successful attack by carrier-borne aircrafts carrying torpedoes against Italian battleships in harbor.
		Battle of Cape Spada (19 July 1940), Bartolomeo Colleoni is sunk by torpedoes.
		Battle of Cape Teulada (27 November 1940), also known as Battle of Cape Spartivento.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Regia_Marina (952 words)

	ABCalendar - July, 19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		World War II: Battle of the Atlantic - German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast postions in response to the an effective American convoy system.
		World War II: Battle of Cape Spada between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualities.
		Battle of Halidon Hill: the final battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence
	www.abcalendar.com /day/July-19 (565 words)

	HMS Ilex (D61) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Ilex (D61) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Ilex (D61), named after the Holly genus, was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 10 March 1936, launched on 28 January 1937 and commissioned on 7 July 1937.
		Ilex attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Imogen, and participated in the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
		Ilex was sold for scrap at Malta on 22 January 1946 and broken up in Sicily in 1948.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Ilex-D61.html (205 words)

	The Battles Of The Mediterranean
		The Battle of Cape Spada, 19 July 1940
		The Battle of the Tarigo Convoy, 16 April 1941
		The Battle of the Duisburg Convoy, 9 November 1941
	www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWII_Mediterranean/index_OOB_WWII_Mediterranean.htm (140 words)

	Articles - HMAS Sydney (1934) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her apparent sinking with all hands represents the greatest loss of life in an Australian ship, and she was the largest vessel of any country to be lost with no survivors during the war.
		Sydney's crowning glory was achieved on 19 July 1940, in the Battle of Cape Spada in the Greek Islands.
		In the running battle which followed, Bartolomeo Colleoni was wrecked and later sunk by torpedoes from the destroyers, while the very high speed of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere enabled her to escape a similar fate.
	www.bleema.com /articles/HMAS_Sydney_(1934) (663 words)

	Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her keel was laid down 1928 at Cantieri Navali di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia; she was launched on 27 April 1930, and her construction was completed in 1931.
		During the Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942, Bande Nere was part of the Littorio">Littorio squad, which intercepted and blocket a British convoy headed to Malta.
		During the war, Bande Nere participated to 15 missions: 4 interceptions, 8 convoy escorts, 3 mine layings, for an overall of 35,000 miles.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Italian_cruiser_Giovanni_dalle_Bande_Nere (200 words)

	Maritime Disasters of WWII 1939, 1940, 1941
		The German 16,000 ton battleship, damaged during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay, in which the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax and the New Zealand manned light cruiser Achilles took part, is forced to take refuge in the neutral port of Montevideo where she was granted only a temporary stay.
		During the battle, 72 British sailors were killed and 36 men killed from the Graf Spee.
		German propoganda broadcaster and ex-British patriot, Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) gave the German account of the Battle of Cape Spada: "Two British heavy armed cruisers and a large force of destroyers attacked two Italian light cruisers off the coast of Cretye and in the ensuing battle the two British cruisers were heavily damaged.
	members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/maritime-1.html (7251 words)

	July 19 Online Research :: Information about July 19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		1333 - Battle of Halidon Hill : the final battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
		1940 - World War II : Battle of Cape Spada between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina ; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualities.
		1942 - World War II: Battle of the Atlantic (1940) - Germany Grand Admiral Karl Dnitz orders the last U-boat to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast postions in response to the an effective American convoy system.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/July_19.html (958 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: States of the Church
		In this exigency the pope now (739) for the first time turned to the powerful Frankish kingdom, under the protection of which Boniface had begun his successful labours as a missionary in Germany.
		He sent to Charles Martel, "the powerful mayor of the palace" of the Frankish monarchy and the commander of the Franks in the famous battle at Tours, undoubtedly with the consent of the Greek dux, and appealed to him to protect the tomb of the Apostle.
		John VIII, at the head of his fleet at Cape Circeo (877), had to defend himself unaided against the Saracens.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14257a.htm (12122 words)

	(EN) 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Italian Gunboat Berta is sunk in Tobruk.
		The submarine Macallè is sunk in the Red Sea, the first of 90 Italian units to be lost during the conflict and one of ten lost in the month of June along with the Provana, Galileo Galilei, Diamante, Evangelista Torricelli, Galvani, Liuzzi, Argonauta, Uebi Scebeli, Rubino.
		The Italian Navy offers to send a large number of submarines to participate in the Battle of the Atlantic under German command.
	64.224.13.60 /timeline/1940/1940_us.htm (907 words)

	Mediterranean, RN, Fleet, Oran, Calabria, force, H, Q, Calabria, Battle, Cape, Spada, Taranto, Spartivento, Libya, ...
		There, under continual attack, she is repaired temporarily and leaves on the 23rd for Alexandria.
		Sister-ship "Formidable" is sent out to replace her via the Cape of Good Hope, but it is some weeks before she reaches the Eastern Mediterranean.
		Australian troops capture the major port of Benghazi at the same time, and by the 9th El Agheila is reached.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsRNMed.htm (6009 words)

	July Military History
		Naval Battle of Santiago: Spanish squadron is annihilated
		Battle of Port Royal, SC Morgan's Raid: Tomkinsville, KY to Somerset, KY, by JUL 28
		Battle of Devall's Bluff, AR Battle of Devall's Bluff, AR Battle of Williamsport, Md begins (to Jul 7)
	www.strategypage.com /military_history_jul.asp (5210 words)

	Royal Australian Navy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The manpower of the fleet stood at four hundred officers and men and, for the next two years, ships were built for the fledgling navy.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Battle of Cape Spada) Battle of Cape Spada (a.k.a.
		RAN reached its peak strength in July 1945: 39,650 personnel, including 2,617 WRANS and 57 nurses; 2,170 dead; awarded 502 medals/decorations.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_australian_navy.htm (1035 words)

	RenEvo Forums > History On Your Birthday. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		* 1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. * 1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.
		1942 - World War II: Battle of the Atlantic - German Grand Admiral Karl Donitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast postions in response to the an effective American convoy system.
		1964 - Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
	www.renevo.com /lofiversion/index.php/t2667.html (3768 words)

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		She still did not have it when she was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942.
		"Little that was new was learned from the Cape Spada encounter, but much was confirmed about the differences between the two nation’s light cruisers.
		As at the River Plate the British had not hesitated to close with a superior opponent and tackle them head-on.
	www.steelnavy.com /NNTSydney.htm (5091 words)

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