Talk:Battle of Calabria

The destiny of admiral Inigo Campioni.
After the battle Admiral Inigo Campioni began to fall into disfavour, slowly. In May 1944 he was condemned to death by the RSI and shot.

Bogus information added
I have removed a lengthy addition by an anon editor who claimed that the Warspite was hit during the battle. I have seen this claim before, but there is no documentary evidence to support it that I have seen. In this case none was offered. Additionally it claimed that the Warspite traveled to the US to fix the damage, but this is trivially seen to be wrong by the fact that she first took part in the Battle of Crete, where she was hit by German bombs. That is why she went to the US to be fixed. Ridiculous. Maury 19:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Why has Royal Soverign been included in the battle list as she didnt fire a shot in the battle or indeed even get close enough to be a threat for the Italian fleet, does anyone object if she is removed? Sams37 (talk) 00:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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Italian battleships firing during the battle
The image shown in this article is wrong. In fact, in this battle the Italian ships were firing against British ships that were on their right (starboard) side. Any map of this battle shows that both fleets were sailing on almost parallel northern courses with the British ships on the east side and the Italian ships on the west side. http://www.naval-history.net/MapB1940-Calabria.GIF 2.36.59.196 (talk) 18:24, 5 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Very good point. I've originally mirrored the image for personal use (maybe in 2002) and uploaded the pic several years later. I will try to fix it, thank you.--Darius (talk) 18:24, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Destroyer Sestri Ponente
The Italian order of battle includes a destroyer named "Sestri Ponente" as part of the 16th Destroyer Squadron. But there doesn't seem to be any evidence that a ship of that name ever existed. The Italian Navy grouped destroyer divisions using vessels of all the same class where possible, and the rest of the division were Navigatori-class destroyers, suggesting that it would be one of this class. Sestri Ponente is however the location of shipbuilding works that produced destroyers for the Second World War-era navy, including some of those that were in the battle, so I suspect that a transcription error has been made. 82.39.49.182 (talk) 10:19, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Seems the problem is worse than just that. Per this article, the Sestri Ponente and Alvise da Mosto fought at Calabria. One of them does not exist, and the other, per its own article, was undergoing bow refits at the start of the war and only rejoined the fleet in August 1940. On the other hand, this article excludes the Leone Pancaldo and Ugolino Vivaldi from the list of the participants, but per the Leone Pancaldo article, the two did actually participate in the action. (The Ugolino Vivaldi article, on the other other hand, does not mention participation at Calabria).--Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin (talk) 20:33, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

I don´t get it
another freighter met them off Messina and the next day their escort force joined the convoy from Taranto What convoy came from Taranto ?? Mr.Lovecraft (talk) 11:34, 26 October 2022 (UTC)


 * It might be a Italian convoy heading to Tripoli, Libya. Jheeeeeeteegh (talk) 09:54, 28 June 2023 (UTC)