South Aegean in WW2 History | World War II Database

15 Aug 1940

Greece

Italian Air Force bombers attacked Greek destroyers Vasilissa Olga and Vasilevs Georgios I near the islands of Tinos and Syros. ww2dbase [South Aegean | CPC]
The 2,640-ton Greek cruiser-minelayer Elli was torpedoed by the Italian Squallo-slass submarine Delfino during a religious festival Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos while at anchor at Tinos Island, Greece at 0825 hours; 9 were killed, 24 were wounded. Delfino also fired a torpedo at anchored passenger ships Elsi and Esperos, but those torpedoes missed, damaging the wharf instead. ww2dbase [Elli | Delfino | Tinos, South Aegean | CPC, HM]

6 Oct 1940

Greece

Italian submarine Tricheco sank Italian submarine Gemma 5 miles south of the Greek island of Karpathos in a case of mis-identification. ww2dbase [Gemma | Tricheco | South Aegean | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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