|
The First Battle of Durazzo was a naval battle of World War I. It was fought off Durazzo, Albania at the end of December 1915 and involved the navies of Austria, the United Kingdom, Italy, and France. ==Battle== In December 1915, the Austro-Hungarian Navy sent another cruiser Squadron into the Adriatic, this time to interfere with the Serbian Campaign. The new light cruiser —accompanied by five ''Tatra''-class destroyers—left Cattaro and headed for Durazzo late on 28 December 1915, with the submarine and two destroyers already off Durazzo on patrol. While on passage, the Austro-Hungarians sighted the French submarine on patrol to the south of Cattaro. The destroyer opened fire before ramming and sinking ''Monge''. Early the next day, the Austrian squadron arrived off Durazzo and opened fire on the town, with ''Helgoland'' sinking a Greek steamer and two schooners. Then the destroyer ''Lika'' ran into a minefield and was sunk, then ''Triglav'' was badly damaged by another mine. attempted to take ''Triglav'' in tow, but fouled a propeller, and the job was taken over by ''Tatra''. The crippled Austrian force now returned slowly north. Allied forces in Brindisi were alerted to the Austrian force, and the British sent out the Town-class light cruiser . These were quickly followed by the Italian light cruisers and , British destroyer and five French destroyers. The Austrians also responded and despatched from Cattaro, the armoured cruiser ''Kaiser Karl VI'', and the light cruiser ''Novara'', to support the returning survivors of the raid, but they did not see action. Early in the afternoon of 29 December, the forward Allied ships came into action with the Austrian squadron which was still only halfway home. The French destroyers headed for the Austrian destroyer ''Triglav'', still under tow, which was abandoned and scuttled off Cape Rondini, after being fired upon by the French destroyer ''Casque''. Meanwhile, the Allied cruisers attempted to cut off and deal with ''Helgoland'' and the three remaining destroyers. In a long-range gunnery duel fought throughout the afternoon, ''Helgoland'' skillfully avoided the Allied cruisers and reached Cattaro safely but with the loss of the valuable ''Lika'' and ''Triglav''. ''Tatra'' suffered a damaged engine from several shell hits. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Durazzo (1915)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|