Attack on Convoy BN 7
The Attack on Convoy BN 7 (20–21 October 1940) was a naval engagement in the Red Sea during the Second World War between a British force defending a convoy of merchant ships and a flotilla of Italian destroyers. The Italian attack failed, with only one merchant ship being slightly damaged. After a chase, the British destroyer HMS Kimberley torpedoed the Italian destroyer Francesco Nullo which was beached on Harmil Island. Kimberley was hit, disabled by Italian shore batteries on the island and towed to safety by the cruiser HMS Leander.
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Attack on Convoy BN 7
The Attack on Convoy BN 7 (20–21 October 1940) was a naval engagement in the Red Sea during the Second World War between a British force defending a convoy of merchant ships and a flotilla of Italian destroyers. The Italian attack failed, with only one merchant ship being slightly damaged. After a chase, the British destroyer HMS Kimberley torpedoed the Italian destroyer Francesco Nullo which was beached on Harmil Island. Kimberley was hit, disabled by Italian shore batteries on the island and towed to safety by the cruiser HMS Leander.
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The Attack on Convoy BN 7 (20– ...... sortied again with no result.
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1 destroyer damaged
1 merchant ship damaged
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1940-10-21
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British victory
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1 lightcruiser
1destroyer
2minesweepers
4 destroyers
Convoy BN 7 (32 ships)
Shore battery onHarmil Island
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Eritrea, showing Massawa and Harmil Island to the north-east
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Adriano M. D. Adimari
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Costantino Borsini
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H. E. Horan
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J. S. M. Richardson
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Paolo Aloisi
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Attack on Convoy BN 7
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Massawa
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Eritrea
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The Second World War
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Red Sea, off Massawa, Italian East Africa
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British victory
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Convoy BN 7
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Shore battery on Harmil Island
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The Attack on Convoy BN 7 (20– ...... ty by the cruiser HMS Leander.
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