4 Oct 1940
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
- British submarine HMS Rainbow collided with Italian ship Antonietta Costa and sank in the Adriatic Sea 20 miles north of Brindisi, Italy. All 55 aboard were lost. ww2dbase [Adriatic Sea | CPC]
9 Oct 1940
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
- British submarine HMS Regent hit Italian merchant ship Antonietta Costa 20 miles west of Durrës, Albania with a torpedo; Antonietta Costa did not sink but went aground and was lost 10 miles off the coast near Durrës. ww2dbase [Adriatic Sea | CPC]
24 Dec 1940
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
- Greek submarine Papanikolis sank the 3,952-ton troop transport Firenze near Sazan Island in the southern Adriatic Sea. ww2dbase [Papanikolis | Adriatic Sea | CPC]
14 Dec 1944
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
- HMS Aldenham became the last British destroyer to be sunk during the war, with the loss of 121 officers and men, after hitting a mine in the Adriatic Sea. ww2dbase [Adriatic Sea | AC]
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