Battle of the Ligurian Sea

Battle of the Ligurian Sea
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II
British destroyer HMS Meteor
Date 18 March 1945 Location Ligurian Sea 43°30′N 09°00′E / 43.500°N 9.000°E / 43.500; 9.000 Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Derick Hetherington	Franz Burkart (POW)
Strength
2 destroyers	1 destroyer 2 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
1 destroyer damaged[1]	60 killed 244 captured 2 torpedo boats sunk 1 destroyer damaged[2]
Ligurian Sea class=notpageimage| The Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, between the Italian Riviera (Liguria) and the island of Corsica

The Battle of the Ligurian Sea was a naval surface action of the Second World War fought on 18 March 1945, in the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea. A Kriegsmarine flotilla of two torpedo boats and one destroyer was conducting an offensive mine laying operation at night when it was intercepted by two Royal Navy destroyers; HMS Lookout and Meteor. The British destroyers sank two of the German ships and severely damaged the third; it was the last German naval surface action of the war.