Battle of Ist

Battle off Ist
Part of the Adriatic Campaign of World War II and Battle of the Mediterranean

Free French destroyer Le Terrible
Date29 February 1944
Location44°14′N 14°46′E / 44.233°N 14.767°E / 44.233; 14.767
Result French victory
Belligerents
 Free France  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Lancelot Jürgen Von Kleist
Strength
2 destroyers 2 torpedo boats
2 corvettes
3 minesweepers
1 freighter
Casualties and losses
None 150 killed and wounded
1 corvette sunk
1 freighter sunk
2 torpedo boats damaged[1]
Ist is located in Mediterranean
Ist
Ist
The Island of Ist in the Adriatic Sea

The Battle of Ist was a naval engagement in Adriatic Sea, between the islands of Škarda and Molat, off the island of Ist, on 29 February 1944. The engagement was fought between two Free French Naval Forces destroyers and a Kriegsmarine force of two corvettes, two torpedo boats and three minesweepers. The German flotilla had been deployed to escort a freighter. In the ensuing engagement the French managed to destroy the German freighter and a corvette in return for no loss before withdrawing.[2]

  1. ^ O'Hara, pp. 242–243
  2. ^ Greene, Jack, O'Hara, Vincent P (2012). Spencer C. Tucker (ed.). World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 7, 282. ISBN 978-1-59884-457-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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