Battle of the Tarigo Convoy
Part of World War II
Date April 16, 1941 Location Mediterranean off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia Result Decisive Allied victory
Combatants
United Kingdom	Italy
Commanders
Captain P J Mack	Captain Pietro de Cristofaro
Strength
4 destroyers	3 destroyers
Casualties
1 destroyer sunk 41 killed	3 destroyers sunk 5 merchant ships sunk 1800+ men lost

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• The Navigatori Class Destroyer - Luca Tarigo
• The Folgore class destroyers - Baleno and Lampo

It was intercepted by a force of four British destroyers of the 14th Destroyer Flotilla commanded by Captain P J Mack comprising:

• HMS Jervis (flagship)
• HMS Janus
• HMS Nubian
• HMS Mohawk

The British destroyers were equipped with Radar which enabled them to surprise the Italians and destroy the convoy, sinking all the merchant ships and the three destroyers (although the Lampo was run aground and salvaged). The Tarigo managed to torpedo HMS Mohawk (subsequently scuttled). Captain de Cristafaro had his leg shot off and gave the order to torpedo the Mohawk: he was posthumously given the Medaglia d'Oro (the highest Italian decoration for valour). HMS Jervis (F00), named for Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937, launched on 9 September 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. ... HMS Janus (F53), named after the Roman god, was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. ... The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a large group of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw action in World War II. // Design History From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes Amazon... HMS Mohawk (L-31/F-31/G-31) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 16 July 1936, launched on 5 October 1937 and commissioned on 7 September 1938. ... This long range RADAR antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. RADAR is a system that uses radio waves to detect, determine the direction and distance and/or speed...

Italian Losses were about 1800 men, The British lost 41 men.

References

• - from Regiamarina.net
• J Green and A Massignani - The Naval War in the Medditerrenean 1940-1943, Chatham Publishing 1998 - ISBN 1 861760574