Battle of Cape Bon | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of the Second World War | |||||||
Italian light cruiser Alberto di Giussano, c. 1930 | |||||||
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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.