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	Second Battle of Sirte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the Second World War.
		The battle raged for two and a half hours, with the British ships exiting their huge smoke screen to fire a few volleys, returning when the Italian fire got too close.
		Throughout the battle the Italians outgunned their British counterparts and could have easily charged the convoy with either of the two groups.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sirte (893 words)

	Second Battle of Sirte - Academic Kids (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the World War II.
		Throughout the battle the Italians completely outgunned their British counterparts, and could have easily charged the convoy with either of the two groups.
		Second battle of the Gulf of Syrte (http://users.swing.be.cob-web.org:8888/baten/bat/931.html#62351)
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	Comando Supremo: Events of 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ariete joins the 15th and 21st Panzer to battle the 42nd and 7th Royal Tank Regiments, including the II, IV and XXII Armoured, IX and X Indian and the CCI Guards brigades.
		The fighting lasted for one week and constituted four separate battles; the central sector on the 23rd, the northern sector near Naqb Rala on the 24th, the central sector again on the 24th and 25th, and the southern sector on the 25th, 26th and 29th.
		"The battle for the Mediteranean", Donald Macintyre (Courtesy Pasquale di Gesu).
	www.comandosupremo.com /1942.html (3635 words)

	Italian Royal Navy in World War Two: main battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From a merely military point of view, the first battle of Sirte was an English success, considering the difference of force ratio, but Italians had achieved the very important objective to escort a convoy to Libya without losses, earning morale and trustworthiness after the failures series in sea transport toward Libya.
		Second battle of Sirte of 22 March 1942.
		Also if the battle of Pantelleria was an Italian victory it was not seen through to the end, and English operation had the partial success to reach Malta with two cargo ships with their supply, which, for the besieged island, was a true breather.
	www.regiamarina.it /battles.htm (3348 words)

	Second_battle_of_sirte info here at en.10-parenting-tips.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval hostilities inserted the Royal Navy 'n the Regia Marina meanwhile the Second World War.
		It took manipulate on 22 March 1942, in the Mediterranean, north to the Gulf of Sirte, west of Malta.
		Second Battle of Sirte Royal Navy Royal Navy Carlisle squad: 1 cruiser: Carlisle; 6 destroyers; 4 cargo ships; Admiral Vian squad: 2 cruisers: Dido, Euryalus (slightly damaged) 1 lustrous cruiser: Cleopatra (damaged); 4 destroyers; Support squad from Malta: 1 cruiser: Penelope; 1 destroyer.
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	second battle of Ypres - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about second battle of Ypres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Menin Gate 1927 is a memorial to the British and Commonwealth troops who lost their lives here in World War I (see Ypres, Battles of).
		Ypres was the Allied communications centre in the World War I, and was situated at a bulge in their front line, which became known as the Ypres Salient; several futile attempts to breach the German defences were launched from here.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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	Second World War Books: Books by Subject (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944.
		Battle for Stalingrad: The Battle for the Factories, 14 October-19 November 1942.
		Battle of the Atlantic: The Allies' Submarine Fight against Hitler's Gray Wolves of the Sea.
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	First_battle_of_sirte info here at en.16-yo.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The First Battle of Sirte was a naval meet intervening the Royal Navy the Regia Marina when the Second World War.
		It took repose on 17 December 1941, in the Mediterranean, north to the Gulf of Sirte, west of Malta, intervening the Regia Marina Royal Navy.
		This episode of the "Battle of the Convoys" ended with an Italian victory, flush though both coercions were able to unabridged their convoy escort missions.
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		The First Battle of Sirte was a naval hostilities midway the Royal Navy und the Regia Marina when the Second World War.
		It took deadlock on 17 December 1941, in the Mediterranean, north to the Gulf of Sirte, west of Malta, midway the Regia Marina und Royal Navy.
		This episode of the "Battle of the Convoys" ended with an Italian victory, parallel though both exactions were able to full-dress their convoy escort missions.
	en.10-parenting-tips.info /First_Battle_of_Sirte (1175 words)

	review_palmer_lambert_aug05.htm
		At the Nile the battle plan was very tightly scripted, because his aim was to defeat the French but avoid annihilation, to secure a durable peace so that the fleet could proceed swiftly to attack Russia.
		The line of battle in the age of sail was ideal for ensuring every captain knew his place.
		The conduct of Nimitz at Midway, and Andrew Cunningham at the Second Battle of Sirte is the ideal answer, but only in a total war where political nuance has been set aside for the duration.
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	Regia Marina (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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 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.
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	Italian Royal Navy in World War Two: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Also the English fleet is in sea, the battle is unavoidable: it is the first sea battle between battleships in the Mediterranean and it will pass to History as the battle of Punta Stilo.
		In the month of December, K force was nearly destroyed in the period following the first Sirte battle; this month was particularly favorable for Regia Marina, that saw the success of the attack to Alexandria port, by the commandos of the Xth M.A.S. flotilla.
		There were some battles, the most famous of which was called the second Sirte battle.
	www.regiamarina.it /history.htm (2515 words)

	Informat.io on Malta Convoys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The inconclusive Battle of Punto Stila took place between the Royal Naval warships (battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Malaya, HMS Royal Sovereign, aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers and destroyers) covering convoys from Malta to Alexandria and the Regia Marina escorts (two battleships, 14 cruisers and 32 destroyers) for an Italian convoy.
		The ensuing engagement, from which the Italians withdraw, is the First Battle of Sirte.
		A second batch are flown in from HMS Argus and Eagle.
	www.informat.io /?title=malta-convoys (2120 words)

	Second Sirte
		While the Axis blockade of Malta was ripening its fruits, on March 20, 1942 the British sent a convoy of four cargo ships escorted by the anti-aircraft cruiser Carlisle and six destroyers from Alexandria to the besieged island.
		Later in the day, a second formation of three cruisers and four destroyers strong, commanded by Admiral Vian, also left the British base.
		The smaller units off Tunis were later intercepted off Cape Bon with one torpedo boat sunk by airplanes and a second one captured, after having surrendered, in Bone.
	www.regiamarina.net /battles/sirte2/sirte2_us.htm (614 words)

	ITALY - Littorio class
		A view ofdamage to one of Littorio`s 6" turrets, sustained during the second Battle of Sirte, March 22,1942.
		Note the single hawsehole for the anchor to starboard, a second was added later.
		Veneto on excercises in the nothern Tyrrhenian in the spring of 1943.
	www.voodoo.cz /battleships/italy/italia.html (836 words)

	Mediterranean, RN, Fleet, Barham, Cape Bon, Battle, Sirte, George, Cross, ABC, Cunningham, Alexandria, Malta, Convoys, ...
		As for the convoy, all four transports including the renowned "Breconshire" were lost to air attack, two off Malta and two in harbour before much of their cargo could be off-loaded.
		Progress was at first slow and the battle became a straight slogging match.
		In the build-up to the battle, Royal Navy submarines and RAF aircraft, especially those based in Malta, were sinking more than a third of Axis supplies setting out for North Africa.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsRNMed2.htm (5685 words)

	Battle of the Mediterranean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 side's ability to wage war at sea.
		Outside of the Pacific War battles, the Mediterranean saw the largest conventional naval warfare during WWII.
		With the aid of Ultra, Malta's garrison was able to disrupt Axis supplies to North Africa immediately before the Second Battle of El Alamein.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean (1000 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Author
		Battle for Moscow: The 1942 Soviet General Staff Study.
		Red Sky in the Morning: The Battle of the Barents Sea, 1942.
		Flag 4: The Battle of Coastal Forces in the Mediterranean.
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	Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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.
		The British attack at the naval base of Taranto (Battle of Taranto, November 1940) proved a very successful attack by carrier-borne aircraft carrying torpedoes against Italian battleships in harbor.
		Battle of Cape Spada (19 July 1940) - Bartolomeo Colleoni sunk by torpedoes.
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	Telegraph \| News \| Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore
		Next, Kipling was employed on convoy duties on the coast of North Africa, where Ashmore was mentioned in dispatches for her role in sinking an Italian submarine.
		In March 1942, Kipling took part in the second Battle of Sirte when Admiral Vian's force of cruisers and destroyers, escorting convoys into Malta, brilliantly outmanoeuvred the Italian battleship Littorio and her accompanying forces.
		At one stage, Kipling and her consorts closed, under a smokescreen, to 6,000 yards to fire torpedoes and force Littorio to sheer away from the convoy they were protecting.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/02/db0202.xml (1139 words)

	"Trento" Class Heavy Cruisers
		Designed for very high speed at the expense of protection, they were among the fastest of the first generation l0.000t cruisers (easily exceeded 35kts on trials) and were initially classified as light cruisers although they were later redesignated heavy cruisers to distinguish them from the Condottieri 6in gun vessels.
		Both vessels took part in the Battle of Matapan in March 1941 and Trento saw action at Calabria in July 1940 and in the Second Battle of Sirte in March 1942.
		The Second battle of Sirte in March 1942.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /Wlochy/Cruisers/CA_1928_Trento_class/_Trento_class.html (321 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Commander John West
		At the Second Battle of Narvik on April 11 1940, he was serving in the Tribal class destroyer Eskimo, armed with 4.7 inch guns.
		In the Second Battle of Sirte on March 22 1942, West was navigating officer of the First World War cruiser Carlisle, which was charged with protecting the merchant ships of convoy MW10 from Alexandria to Malta.
		It was permanent dark in the Arctic winter and the sea was so violent that on Christmas Night few men had any sleep; but the battle plan called for the two ships to manoeuvre as one unit.
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	TREATY BATTLESHIPS
		The second pair were further lengthened, and the sheer at the bow increased.
		She took light damage in the Battle of Sirte in March 1942, was damaged by air attack in June 1942 and April 1943.
		Vittorio Veneto was torpedoed by a British aircraft in the Battle of Matapan in March 1941, by the British submarine Urge in October 1941, and received minor bomb damage at La Spezia in June 1943.
	www.chuckhawks.com /treaty_battleships.htm (11483 words)

	This Day in History: 1942
		World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance - On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
		The USS Duncan is sunk by Japanese naval gunfire at the Battle of Cape Esperance
		World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
	learningcalendar.com /this_day_in_history/year.cfm?year=1942 (2665 words)

	Russian convoys, St Nazaire, Sirte Gulf, Madagascar
		Now joined by "Penelope" and destroyer "Legion" from Malta, Adm Vian had prepared for their arrival: the supply ships with an escort of five 'Hunts' were to stand off to the south, protected by smoke laid by "Carlisle" and the sixth 'Hunt'.
		A draw in naval terms, the battle was a strategic defeat for the Japanese as the invasion ships turned back, leaving Port Moresby, so close to the north tip of Australia, safe for now.
		Before the battle started, the Japanese took the opportunity to occupy a small island called Tulagi in the southern Solomons, close to a larger island known as Guadalcanal.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2RN13-194112-2.htm (4209 words)

	First Battle of Sirte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The First Battle of Sirte was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the Second World War.
		This episode of the "Battle of the Convoys" ended with an Italian victory, even though both forces were able to complete their convoy escort missions.
		Lacking radar, the Italians were rightfully hesitant to engage in night combat (notably after the disaster at Battle of Cape Matapan).
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/First_Battle_of_Sirte (906 words)

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