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| | Battle of Cape Matapan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | A second force, under Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, consisted of the British light cruisers HMS Ajax, Gloucester and Orion, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, and the British destroyers HMS Hasty, Hereward and Ilex — the Australian Vendetta had returned to Alexandria. |
 | | In addition, Allied warships attached to convoys were available: HMS Defender, Jaguar and Juno waited in the Kithira Channel and HMS Decoy, Carlisle, Calcutta Bonaventure and HMAS Vampire were nearby. |
 | | The Italian fleet was led by Iachino's vessel, the modern battleship Vittorio Veneto. |
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