Talk:Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)

Note re: forces in the infobox
I included the Sankt Georg and accompanying two destroyers because while they did not actively participate in the battle, their presence prompted the Allied withdrawal, and so can be considered to be pretty important to the outcome of the battle. Parsecboy (talk) 19:28, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Aftermath
There is no mention of who won this battle or what consquences it had.Without this information it is difficult if not imposible to place this batle within the larger context of thw world war  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sidg11 (talk • contribs) 07:52, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for pointing that out, it was an oversight on my part. I've added a paragraph that sums up the results of the battle, and makes clear that it was a tactical AH victory. Parsecboy (talk) 19:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

During the battle many allied drifter crews were rescued and taken as POWs. My uncle's story tells all. How can I add it to further reading please? Althepal2 (talk) 12:42, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Opinions
Not so sure Halpern's personal opinion "The raid risked some of the most advanced units of the Austro-Hungarian fleet on an operation that offered minimal strategic returns" should be on an encylopaedic page. I think the Austro-Hungarian naval command would have been in a far better position than him to decide whether this was so. Moreover, it is simply untrue to say that these were all "advanced units" of the fleet. The support ship, "Saint George" was an old-fashioned armoured cruiser launched in 1903. Only the three rapid cruisers could have been considered 'modern'. In any case, had the naval command really wanted to despatch a "most advanced" fleet to attack the blockade and any of its supporting naval ships they could have sent any number of battleships, including dreadnaughts. I do not think the Austro-Hungarian navy saw this as a major operation and the losses and near losses were all on the Allied side meaning the strategic returns were not "minimal" at all.86.170.246.207 (talk) 20:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Halpern is a noted naval historian, you are not. Parsecboy (talk) 17:38, 26 July 2016 (UTC)