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Battle of Cape Bon (1941), the Glossary

The naval Battle of Cape Bon took place on 13 December 1941 during the Second World War, between two Italian light cruisers and an Allied destroyer flotilla, off Cape Bon in Tunisia.^[1]

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1941 in Italy
Allied naval victories in the battle of the Mediterranean
Mediterranean convoys of World War II
Military history of Tunisia
Naval battles of World War II involving Italy
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Aegadian Islands

The Aegadian Islands (Isole Egadi; Ìsuli Ègadi; Aegates Insulae; Aἰγάται Νῆσοι) are a group of five small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the cities of Trapani and Marsala, with a total area of.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Algiers

Algiers (al-Jazāʾir) is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located in the north-central part of the country.

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Antonino Toscano

Antonino Toscano (6 October 1883 – 13 December 1941) was an Italian admiral during World War II.

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Aviation fuel

Aviation fuels are petroleum-based fuels, or petroleum and synthetic fuel blends, used to power aircraft.

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Battle of the Duisburg Convoy

The Battle of the Duisburg Convoy (Battle of the BETA Convoy) was fought on the night of 1941 between an Italian convoy, its escorts and four British ships. Battle of Cape Bon (1941) and Battle of the Duisburg Convoy are 1941 in Italy, Allied naval victories in the battle of the Mediterranean, naval battles of World War II involving Italy and naval battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom.

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Battle of the Mediterranean

The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945. Battle of Cape Bon (1941) and Battle of the Mediterranean are naval battles of World War II involving Italy.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Cape Bon

Cape Bon ("Good Cape"), also known as Res et-Teib (الرأس الطيب), Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia.

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Comando Supremo

Comando Supremo (High Command) was the highest command echelon of the Italian Armed Forces between June 1941 and May 1945.

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Commander (Royal Navy)

Commander (Cdr) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Dutch government-in-exile

The Dutch government-in-exile (Nederlandse regering in ballingschap), also known as the London Cabinet (Londens kabinet), was the government in exile of the Netherlands, supervised by Queen Wilhelmina, that fled to London after the German invasion of the country during World War II on 10 May 1940.

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Engine room

On a ship, the engine room (ER) is the compartment where the machinery for marine propulsion is located.

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Fascist Italy

Fascist Italy is a term which is used to describe the Kingdom of Italy when it was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister and dictator.

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Force K

Force K was the name given to three British Royal Navy groups of ships during the Second World War.

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Fuel

A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.

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Gasoline

Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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General quarters

General quarters, battle stations, or action stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations (the positions they are to assume when the vessel is in combat) as quickly as possible.

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Italian cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere

Giovanni delle Bande Nere was an Italian light cruiser of the, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Land mine

A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship.

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M-209

In cryptography, the M-209, designated CSP-1500 by the United States Navy (C-38 by the manufacturer) is a portable, mechanical cipher machine used by the US military primarily in World War II, though it remained in active use through the Korean War.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Marettimo

Marettimo (Sicilian: Marrètimu) is one of the Aegadian Islands in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy.

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MAS (motorboat)

Motoscafo armato silurante (torpedo-armed motorboat), alternatively Motoscafo antisommergibili (anti-submarine motorboat) and commonly abbreviated as MAS, was a class of fast torpedo-armed vessels used by the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during World War I and World War II.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Motor torpedo boat

A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century.

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Naphtha

Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Operation Crusader

Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel. Battle of Cape Bon (1941) and operation Crusader are conflicts in 1941.

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Pantelleria

Pantelleria (Sicilian: Pantiḍḍirìa), known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves.

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Regia Aeronautica

The Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica Italiana) (RAI) was the air force of the Kingdom of Italy.

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Regia Marina

The paren) (RM) or Royal Italian Navy was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) from 1861 to 1946. In 1946, with the birth of the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), the Regia Marina changed its name to Marina Militare ("Military Navy").

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Stern

The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.

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Strait of Sicily

The Strait of Sicily (also known as Sicilian Strait, Sicilian Channel, Channel of Sicily, Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel; Canale di Sicilia or the Stretto di Sicilia; Canali di Sicilia or Strittu di Sicilia, مضيق صقلية or مضيق الوطن القبلي) is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Bon_(1941)

, Warship, World War II, 4th Destroyer Flotilla.

Battle of Cape Bon (1941), the Glossary

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See also

1941 in Italy

Allied naval victories in the battle of the Mediterranean

Mediterranean convoys of World War II

Military history of Tunisia

Naval battles of World War II involving Italy

Naval battles of World War II involving the Netherlands

References