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Battle of Cape Matapan
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Battle of Cape Matapan
The
Battle of Cape Matapan
was a
Second World War
naval engagement
fought from 27–29 March 1941. The
cape
is on the southwest coast of
Greece
's
Peloponnesian
peninsula. Acting on intercepted signals broken by the
Government Code and Cypher School
(GC&CS) at
Bletchley Park
, a force of British
Royal Navy
ships accompanied by several
Royal Australian Navy
vessels, under the command of British Admiral
Andrew Cunningham
, intercepted and sank or severely damaged several ships of the Italian
Regia Marina
under
Squadron-Vice-Admiral
Angelo Iachino
.
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