Battle of Cape Bon (1941)

Battle of Cape Bon
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of the Second World War

Italian light cruiser Alberto di Giussano, c. 1930
Date13 December 1941
Location36°45′N 10°45′E / 36.750°N 10.750°E / 36.750; 10.750
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Netherlands
 Italy
Commanders and leaders
Graham Stokes Antonino Toscano 
Strength
4th Destroyer Flotilla: 4 destroyers 4th Cruiser Division: 2 light cruisers
1 torpedo boat
Casualties and losses
None 817–900+ killed
2 light cruisers sunk

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.


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