Pertempuran Tanjung Spada
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Pertempuran Tanjung Spada adalah pertempuran di laut selama Pertempuran Mediterania pada Perang Dunia II. Terjadi pada tanggal 19 Juli 1940 di Laut Mediterania di Tanjung Spada, ujung Barat laut Kreta.
Pasukan Perang
[sunting | sunting sumber]Italia
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Rear Admiral Ferdinando Casardi
- Regia Marina: 2 kapal penjelajah: Bartolomeo Colleoni (rusak), Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Sekutu
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Captain John Collins
- 1 kapal penjelajah: HMAS Sydney (rusak ringan)
- 5 kapal penghandur: HMS Hasty, Havock, Hero, Hyperion, Ilex
Catatan
[sunting | sunting sumber]Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Coulthard-Clark, Chris (2001). The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-634-7. OCLC 48793439.
- Greene, Jack & Massignani, Alessandro (1998). The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943. Chatam Publishing, London. ISBN 1-86176-057-4
- O'Hara, Vincent P. (2009). Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-648-3.
- Titterton, G. A.(2002). The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean. Volume 2. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5179-6
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Aksi di Tanjung Spada Diarsipkan 2005-03-16 di Wayback Machine.
- Scontro di Capo Spada (Italian)