Kaua o Cape Falls
ʻO ka moku holo moku Italia "Giovanni delle Bande Nere", ka hae "Cadmium". ʻO Ferdinando Casardi ma ke kaua ʻo Cape Spada.
I ka wā mua o ka hakakā ma waena o nā ʻauwaʻa Pelekania a me nā moku Italia, ma hope koke iho o ke komo ʻana o Italia i ke kaua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Third Reich, ma Iulai 19, 1940, ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi kaua ma Cape Spada ma Kerete ma waena o ʻelua kiʻekiʻe wikiwiki. nā moku holo māmā o ka moku Italia. malalo o ke kauoha a Cadmius. ʻO Ferdinando Casardi, ka moku holo moku māmā o Australia ʻo HMAS Sydney a me ʻelima mau moku luku Pelekania ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a kahi Luna Nui. John Augustine Collins. ʻO kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa koʻikoʻi i hopena i ka lanakila ʻana o nā Allied, ʻoiai ʻo nā moku Italia i lanakila mua loa i nā pū kī.
I ka waena o Iulai 1940, ua hoʻoholo ka Regia Marina kauoha e hoʻouna i kahi hui o ʻelua mau moku holo māmā wikiwiki i kahi kahua ma ka mokupuni ʻo Leros ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Dodecanese. Hiki i kēia mau ʻāpana ʻelua ke hoʻopilikia nui i ka poʻe Pelekania me ko lākou noho ʻana i kēia mau wai, no ka mea, i loko o nā hui hou i hoʻolālā ʻia, pono lākou e hana me nā moku Allied ma ke Kai Aegean. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻia ka puhi ʻana o Es-Salloum ma ke komohana ʻākau o ʻAigupita, akā i ka hopena ua haʻalele ʻia kēia manaʻo.
ʻO ka moku hoʻopau Pelekāne ʻo Hasty, kekahi o nā moku ʻehā o kēia ʻano i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka 2nd flotilla,
malalo o ke kauoha a Cdr. HSL Nicholson.
No kēia hana, ua koho ʻia nā ʻāpana mai ka 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron. Ua komo pū ʻo Giovanni delle Bande Nere (ka hoʻokele ʻo Francesco Maugeri) a me Bartolomeo Colleoni (ka ʻōlelo ʻo Umberto Novaro). No ka papa Alberto di Giussano nā moku. Ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi hoʻoneʻe maʻamau o 6571, ka nui o ka neʻe ʻana a hiki i 8040 tons, nā ana: ka lōʻihi - 169,3 m, ākea - 15,59 m a me ke kiʻi - 5,3-5,9 m, nā mea kaua: nā ʻaoʻao - 18-24 mm, nā papa - 20 mm, pū kī nui. hale kiaʻi - 23 mm, pou kauoha - 25-40 mm. ʻO ka laulā o nā moku holo moku Italia ʻelua me kahi mālama o 1240 tons o ka wahie ma kahi o 3800 nautical mile ma ka wikiwiki o 18 knots. ʻO Cadmium ke alakaʻi o ka hui. Ua hele ʻo Ferdinando Casardi i ka Bande Nere. Ua hoʻomaka nā ʻāpana ʻelua i ka lawelawe ma ka Navy Italia ma 1931-1932. I ka wā mua, ua hoʻomohala lākou i kahi wikiwiki kupaianaha, a hiki i 39 knots (akā me ka ʻole o nā lako piha). I ka wā o ka hakakā ʻana ma Iulai 1940, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻea i ke kenekulia 32, a ua hāʻawi iā lākou i ka pōmaikaʻi i ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā moku holo moku, a me nā mea luku i lawelawe ʻia no kekahi mau makahiki (ua ʻike ʻia kēia pono i nā kūlana hydrometeorological paʻakikī. ). kūlana).).
Ua lako pū ʻia kēlā me kēia o nā moku holo moku Italia: 8 152-mm pū, 6 mau pū anti-aircraft. caliber 100 mm, 8 pu anti-aircraft 20 mm mau pū mīkini a me ʻewalu 8 mm pū mīkini, a me ʻehā 13,2 mm torpedo paipu. Hiki i kēia mau moku ke hoʻohana i ʻelua mau mokuahi IMAM Ro.4, e haʻalele ana mai ke kakaka catapult, e nānā hou i ke kīʻaha ma mua o nā hana i hoʻolālā ʻia.
Ua haʻalele nā moku holo moku Italia iā Tripoli (Libya) ma Iulai 17, 1940 i ka hola 22:00. Ua hoouna aku o Adimarala Kazardi i kona mau moku i ke alahele mawaena o na kapakai o Kerete a me ka mokupuni o Andikitira ma ke komohana akau. Holo aku ʻo ia i laila ma kahi o 25 mau knots ka māmā, e zigzag akahele ana ma ke ala e pale aku ai i ka hoʻouka ʻana o ka waʻa U, ʻoiai ma ia wikiwiki ʻaʻole i hiki ke kūleʻa. Ma kahi o 6 Iulai 00, ua hoʻokokoke ka poʻe Italia i ke kahakai komohana o Crete a hoʻomaka e neʻe i ke ala. ʻO nā hui ʻana ma waena o nā moku ʻili o ka ʻenemi a me nā moku holo moku o Kazardi he mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, me ka manaʻo naʻaupō ʻo ka wahi i mua o lākou ua haki mua ʻia e nā mokulele Dodecanese a ua hōʻike mua ʻia kēia. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻouna ʻia nā kaʻa reconnaissance, i ʻole e pau ka manawa e hoʻāla ai iā lākou mai ka wai a ʻaʻole e hoʻopaneʻe i ka huakaʻi.
ʻO nā kumumanaʻo o ka poʻe Italia, akā naʻe, ua wehewehe ʻia e ka poʻe Pelekania i ka manawa, i kēlā me kēia hihia, he nui nā hōʻailona i hoʻouna ʻia ko lākou ʻike i ka nūhou kūpono i ka luna o ka ʻAuwaʻa Mediterranean, ka admiral. Andrew Brown Cunningham 1. Ma ka auina la 17 o Iulai, ua loaa mai he kauoha mai ka hope kapena o ka mokukaua Mediterranean, wadma, na moku luku eha o ka 2nd Flotilla (Hyperion, Hastie, Hero a me Ilex2), ma Alekanederia. ʻO John Tovey e hele i ka ʻāpana komohana ʻākau o Cape Spada ma Crete, e ʻimi ana i nā moku kai Italia ma ia wahi a e mākaʻikaʻi mālie ana ia wahi ma ke komohana. I ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia kauoha, ʻo nā mea luku ʻo Cdr. ʻO Lutanela Hugh St. Ua haʻalele ʻo Lawrence Nicholson i ke kahua ma hope o ke aumoe ma Iulai 17-18.
