Nkhondo ya Cape Falls

Sitima yapamadzi yaku Italy "Giovanni delle Bande Nere", flagship "Cadmium". Ferdinando Casardi pa Nkhondo ya Cape Spada.

M’nthaŵi yoyamba ya kulimbana kwa zombo zankhondo za ku Britain ndi zombo za ku Italy, Italiya itangolowa m’nkhondo kumbali ya Ulamuliro Wadziko Lachitatu, pa July 19, 1940, nkhondo inachitikira ku Cape Spada ku Krete pakati pa kuwala kwaŵiri kothamanga kwambiri. oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi za ku Italy. pansi pa ulamuliro wa Cadmius. Ferdinando Casardi, Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney ndi owononga asanu aku Britain motsogozedwa ndi Cmdr. John Augustine Collins. Kuchita ziwawa kumeneku kudapangitsa kuti mayiko ogwirizana apambane, ngakhale kuti poyamba zombo za ku Italy zinali ndi mwayi waukulu wowombera mfuti.

Pakati pa mwezi wa July 1940, lamulo la Regia Marina linaganiza zotumiza gulu la anthu awiri oyenda mofulumira kupita ku chilumba cha Leros ku zilumba za Dodecanese. Magawo awiriwa angayambitse vuto lalikulu kwa a British ndi kupezeka kwawo m'madzi awa, chifukwa muzochitika zina zomwe zinakonzedwa kuti agwirizane ndi zombo za Allied mu Nyanja ya Aegean. Kuwombera kwa Es-Salloum kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Egypt kunaganiziridwanso, koma pamapeto pake lingaliro ili linasiyidwa.

Wowononga waku Britain Hasty, imodzi mwa zombo zinayi zamtunduwu zomwe zidaphatikizidwa mu flotilla yachiwiri,

motsogozedwa ndi Cdr. HSL Nicholson.

Pa ntchitoyi, mayunitsi ochokera ku 2nd Light Cruiser squadron adasankhidwa. Zinaphatikizapo Giovanni delle Bande Nere (mtsogoleri Francesco Maugeri) ndi Bartolomeo Colleoni (mtsogoleri wa Umberto Novaro). Zombozo zinali za gulu la Alberto di Giussano. Iwo anali kusamutsidwa muyezo 6571, kusamutsidwa okwana matani 8040, miyeso: kutalika - 169,3 m, m'lifupi - 15,59 m ndi kukonzekera - 5,3-5,9 m, zida: mbali - 18-24 mm, sitimayo - 20 mm, chachikulu zida zankhondo. nsanja - 23 mm, post post - 25-40 mm. Mitundu ya onse oyenda ku Italy omwe ali ndi matani a 1240 amafuta anali pafupifupi 3800 mailosi panyanja pa liwiro la mfundo 18. Cadmium anali mtsogoleri wa gululo. Ferdinando Casardi anapita ku Bande Nere. Magawo onsewa adayamba kugwira ntchito mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo la ku Italy mu 1931-1932. Poyamba, iwo anali ndi liwiro lochititsa chidwi, kufika pa mfundo 39 (koma popanda zida zonse). Pa nkhondo mu July 1940, iwo adatha kufika m'zaka za m'ma 32, zomwe zinawapatsa mwayi pa liwiro pa cruisers ogwirizana, ndipo ngakhale owononga amene wakhala mu utumiki kwa zaka zingapo (ubwino uwu unkawoneka makamaka mu zinthu zovuta kwambiri hydrometeorological). zinthu).

Aliyense cruisers Italy analinso zida: 8 152-mamilimita mfuti, 6 odana ndege mfuti. caliber 100 mm, 8 odana ndege mfuti 20 mm mfuti makina ndi eyiti 8 mamilimita mfuti, komanso machubu anayi 13,2 mamilimita torpedo. Zombozi zimatha kugwiritsa ntchito ndege ziwiri za IMAM Ro.4, zomwe zimachokera ku uta, kuti ziwonenso beseni musanayambe ntchito.

Oyendetsa ngalawa aku Italy adachoka ku Tripoli (Libya) pa Julayi 17, 1940 nthawi ya 22:00. Kumbuyo Admiral Kazardi adatumiza zombo zake kunjira yapakati pa gombe la Krete ndi chilumba cha Andikitira kumpoto chakumadzulo kwake. Anayenda kumeneko pa liwiro la mfundo pafupifupi 25, akuzungulira mosamala m’njirayo kuti apeŵe kuukiridwa ndi sitima zapamadzi, ngakhale kuti pa liwiro limenelo sakanachita bwino. Cha m'ma 6 koloko pa July 00, anthu a ku Italiya anayandikira gombe lakumadzulo kwa Krete ndikuyamba kulowera kuwoloka. Kukumana pakati pa zombo zapamadzi za adani ndi apaulendo a Kazardi mwachiwonekere zinali zosayembekezereka, mosasamala poganiza kuti dera lomwe linali patsogolo pawo linali litathyoledwa kale ndi ndege za Dodecanese ndipo zikananeneratu izi. Mulimonsemo, palibe magalimoto ozindikira omwe adatumizidwa, kuti asataye nthawi kuwakweza m'madzi komanso kuti asachedwe ulendo.

Zolinga za anthu a ku Italiya, komabe, mwachiwonekere, zinafotokozedwa ndi British mu nthawi, mulimonse, pali zizindikiro zambiri kuti nzeru zawo zimafalitsa uthenga wofunikira kwa mkulu wa Mediterranean Fleet, wotsogolera. Andrew Brown Cunningham 1. Madzulo a July 17, owononga anayi a 2 Flotilla (Hyperion, Hastie, Hero ndi Ilex2), okhala ku Alexandria, adalandira lamulo kuchokera kwa Mtsogoleri Wachiwiri wa Mediterranean Fleet, Vadma. John Tovey kuti apite kudera la kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Cape Spada ku Crete, kufunafuna sitima zapamadzi za ku Italy m’derali ndikuyenda pang’onopang’ono m’derali kulowera chakumadzulo. Pokwaniritsa lamuloli, owononga Cdr. Lieutenant Hugh St. Lawrence Nicholson adachoka pamalopo pakati pausiku pa Julayi 17-18.