Raid on Algiers

Raid on Algiers

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Raid on Algiers


caption:Italian manned torpedo
partof=World War II
date=11 December 1942
place=Algiers, Mediterranean Sea
result=Italian victory
combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
combatant2=
commander2=
Mario Arillo
strength1=Fleet in harbour
strength2=1 Submarine
3 Human torpedoes
10 Frogmen
casualties1=1 Tanker (sunk)
1 Cargo Ships (sunk)
2 Cargo Ships (heavily damaged) [http://www.regiamarina.net/xa_mas/actions_us.htm]
casualties2=10 POW |

The Raid on Algiers took place on 11 December 1942, in the Algiers harbour.

The raid

On 4 December 1942, the submarine Ambra of the Italian Royal Navy ("Regia Marina") left the naval base of La Spezia, carrying three manned torpedoes and 10 "commando frogmen".

Notes

References

*"Frogmen First Battles" by retired U.S Captain William Schofield's book. ISBN 0-8283-2088-8
*"Sea Devils" by J. Valerio Borghese, translated into English by James Cleugh, with introduction by the United States Naval Institute ISBN 1-55750-072-X
*"The Italian Navy in World War II" by Marc'Antonio Bragadin, United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1957. ISBN 0405130317
*"The Italian Navy in World War II" by Sadkovich, James, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1994. ISBN 031328797X

External links

* [http://www.regiamarina.net/xa_mas/actions_us.htm "Principal Operations of the 10th Light Flotilla" - RegiaMarina.net ] en icon
* [http://www.regiamarinaitaliana.it/FineIl.html "La fine delle Illusioni" - RegiaMarinaItaliana.it ] it icon
* [http://bascogrigioverde.blogspot.com/2007/08/lincredibile-impresa-del-comandante.html "L'incredibile impresa del Comandante Arillo con il sommergibile "Ambra" nella tana del lupo per uscirne indenne e vittorioso" - BascoGrigioverde] it icon
* [http://www.anaim.it/ambra.htm "Ambra"] it icon


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