The Battle of Taranto occurred on the night of November 11, 1940, as a strategic British assault on the Italian fleet ...

Signals were picked up by a Royal Navy corvette and an Italian patrol vessel, and the Jadran Express was forced to dock at Taranto. The international plot thickened a few years later quite by chance.

Outcome: The Italian navy was defeated and did not seek battle with British ships again. In the battle for supremacy in the Mediterranean, the British navy fought the Italian fleet off the coast ...

In other developments, the Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH550) conducted drills with several Italian Navy ships as preparation for the joint and international exercise Mare Aperto ...