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{{Short description|1943 Luftwaffe operation in World War II}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Action off Cape Bougaroun
| partof            = the [[Battle of the Mediterranean]] of [[World War II]]
| image             = File:Balearic Sea map.png
| image_size        = 250px
| caption           = Map of Cape Bougaroun, to the east of Algiers
| date              = 6 November 1943
| place             = [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Cape Bougaroun]], [[Algeria]]
| coordinates       = {{coord|37|10|N|6|0|E|display=title}}
| result            = German victory
| combatant1        = {{flag|United States|1912}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece}} [[Greek government-in-exile|Greece]]<br />{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dutch government-in-exile|Netherlands]]
| combatant2        = {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
| commander1        = {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Charles C. Hartman]]
| commander2        =
| strength1         = 1 [[anti-aircraft cruiser|cruiser]]<br />10 [[destroyer]]s<br />4 [[destroyer escort]]s<br />26 merchant ships
| strength2         = 25 [[aircraft]]
| casualties1       = 4 killed<br />1 destroyer sunk<br />2 merchant ships sunk<br />1 destroyer damaged<br />2 merchant ships damaged
| casualties2       = ~10 killed<br />7 aircraft shot down
| notes             =
}}
{{Campaignbox Mediterranean Campaign}}

The '''action off Cape Bougaroun''' ([[Cap Bougaroûn]]) ['''Attack on Convoy KMF 25A'''], was a ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' operation against an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] naval convoy off the coast of [[Algeria]] during [[World War II]]. The convoy of [[United States|American]], [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ships was attacked on 6 November 1943 by 25&nbsp;[[Nazi Germany|German]] bombers and torpedo-bombers.

Six Allied vessels were sunk or damaged and seven German aircraft were shot down. The Germans had achieved a tactical victory, though the Allied fighter escorts and warships were praised for shooting down so many bombers. At least 1,400 men and women were killed but the rescue effort led to the saving of over 6,000 passengers and crew.

==Background==

===Task Group 60.2===
Before the routine convoying of transatlantic convoys to Bizerta (now [[Bizerte]]) in Tunisia, US convoy escorts occasionally supplemented British convoy escorts in the Mediterranean. Task Group 60.2 (Captain [[Charles C. Hartman]] [[USN]]) escorted Convoy UGF 10 across the Atlantic to [[Oran]] and then escorted several convoys in the Mediterranean. On 3 September 1943, the convoy being escorted was attacked by the ''Luftwaffe'', which failed to hit merchant ships but torpedoed the destroyer {{USS|Kendrick|DD-612|6}} in the stern, the destroyer making its own way to port. The task group escorted two more convoys and was then assigned to escort Convoy KMF 25A, a troop convoy from Britain.{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=261}}

==={{lang|de|Luftwaffe}}===

===Hs 293 glide bombs===

{{main|Henschel Hs 293}}

[[File:Objects Dropped From The Air p07.jpg|thumb|{{center|Example of a Hs 293 rocket-boosted glide-bomb}}]]
[[Kampfgeschwader 26]] began operations over the Mediterranean as a torpedo-bomber unit in early 1941. II./KG 26 was equipped with He 111 torpedo-bombers and III./KG 26 flew [[Junkers Ju 88]] torpedo-bombers and practiced {{lang|de|Zangenangriffe}} (pincer-attacks) when a ''Staffel'' of torpedo-bombers swarmed targets, to prevent them from maneuvering as they could to evade  torpedoes dropped from one direction.{{sfn|Forsyth|2021|p=207}} A specialist ''Luftwaffe'' unit, ''[[Kampfgeschwader 100]]'' (KG 100) had been transferred from Italy to a base near Marseilles in July 1943, having received more than fifty [[Dornier Do 217]] {{lang|de|Sonderkampfflugzeuge}} (special combat aircraft).{{sfn|Hinsley|1984|pp=338–339}}

II./KG 100 received Dornier Do 217 E 5 aircraft, equipped for the Hs 293 a wireless guided glide-bomb, accelerated by a rocket motor and Dornier Do 217 K 2 bombers, adapted to use the [[Fritz X]] guided bomb, equipped III./KG 100.{{sfn|Hinsley|1984|pp=338–339}} Both {{lang|de|Gruppen}} went into action in July 1943 against shipping in the [[Bay of Biscay]] and the Mediterranean. On 25 August 1943 twelve Do 217E‑5s of II./KG 100, escorted by seven Ju 88C‑6s, attacked the sloops {{HMS|Egret|L75|6}} and {{HMS|Bideford|L43|6}} and the frigate {{HMS|Waveney|K248|6}}. One man killed and 16 injured on ''Bideford''. Two days later, ''Egret'' was hit by an Hs 293 from II./KG 100 {{cvt|30|nmi}} west of [[Vigo]] and sunk with 198 men killed; the Canadian destroyer {{HMCS|Athabaskan|G07|6}} was severely damaged.{{sfn|Forsyth|2021|p=198}}

===Convoy KMF 25A and escorts===
Convoy KMF 25A consisted of 26&nbsp;merchant ships and troop transports escorted by 15&nbsp;warships, from [[Liverpool]] to [[Alexandria]] via Palermo and Naples.{{sfnm|1a1=Hague|1y=2000|1p=173|2a1=Morison|2y=1956|2p=261}} Task Group 60.2 (TG 60.2) comprised the British [[light cruiser]] {{HMS|Colombo|D89|6}}, the destroyers {{USS|Mervine|DD-489|6}}, {{USS|Davison|DD-618|2}}, {{USS|Parker|DD-604|2}}, {{USS|Laub|DD-613|2}}, {{USS|Beatty|DD-640|2}}, {{USS|Tillman|DD-641|2}}, {{USS|McLanahan|DD-615|2}}, the [[destroyer escort]]s {{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136|6}} and {{USS|Herbert C. Jones|DE-137|2}} and the {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|2}}s {{HMS|Croome|L62|6}}, {{HMS|Haydon||2}}, {{HMS|Tetcott|L99|2}} and the Greek [[Greek destroyer Kanaris (L53)|HS ''Kanaris'']] and [[HMS Bramham|HS ''Themistoklis'']]. On 27 October 1943, Convoy KMF 25A sailed from Britain.{{sfn|Hague|2000|p=173}}

==Prelude==

===Voyage===
After passing [[Gibraltar]], the ships were escorted by the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) in relays. The convoy sailed in columns of seven to nine ships each from [[Mers-El-Kebir]] to Naples but formed three columns to pass through the Tunisian War Channel (the Sicilian Narrows). ''Laub'' sailed {{cvt|5|nmi}} ahead of the fleet on [[radar]] watch. ''Mervine'' led the warships in a circular course around the three columns. ''Beatty'' and ''Tillman'' were astern and ''Mervine'' was {{cvt|2000|yd}} ahead, under an overcast sky with the cloud base at {{cvt|1000|ft}}. On 6 November, ''Haydon'' detected an aircraft to the north soon after noon but this was transmitting Allied [[Identification friend or foe]] (IFF).{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=261}}

On 26 November, Ju 88s on reconnaissance reported a convoy of 15–25 vessels, including a troopship, off the North African coast. The convoy was protected by a [[Bristol Beaufighter|Beaufighter]], a [[Vickers Wellington|Wellington]] and several single-engined fighters. Convoy KMF 26 was an eastbound troop convoy of 22 merchant vessels and 15 escorts from the Clyde carrying mainly [[United States Army Air Forces]] (USAAF) personnel to Alexandria, via Gibraltar.{{sfn|Forsyth|2018|p=56}}{{efn|The Americans were destined for India, to join the [[Tenth Air Force]] and the [[China Burma India theater]].{{sfn|Forsyth|2018|p=56}}}} Twenty-two He 177s of  II./{{lang|de|[[Kampfgeschwader 40]]}} ({{lang|de|Gruppenkommandeur}} Major Rudolf Mons), took off from [[Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport|Bordeaux-Mérignac]], each carrying two Hs 293 glide-bombs. One He 177 crashed on take-off due to an engine failure and caught fire, four of the crew being killed. The rest of the He 177s were followed by 18 [[Heinkel He 111]]s from II./KG 26 and 15 Junkers Ju 88s from III./KG 26. Night was falling when the bombers sighted the convoy off [[Béjaïa]], in Algeria.{{sfn|Forsyth|2018|pp=56–57}}

===Action===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-528-2374-30, Flugzeuge Junkers Ju 88 über Kreta.jpg|thumb|left|{{center|Ju 88s over the Mediterranean in 1943}}]]
The convoy went to action stations at 17:36 and about 17:45, the convoy was {{cvt|35|nmi}} north of [[Philippeville, Algeria|Philippeville]] off [[Cap Bougaroûn]] in Algeria (37°05′16″N, 6°28′03″E) when ''Laub'' detected six aircraft to the north but these were also transmitting Allied IFF. Hartman signaled the destroyers to make smoke and prepare for action. The passengers were also ordered to go below deck and remain there until the threat was over. At 18:00 ''Tillman'', on the port side of the convoy, detected a contact to the north-west at {{cvt|8000|yd}}, sighted aircraft soon afterwards and opened fire.{{sfn|Morison|1956|pp=261–262}}

As the He 177s attacked, [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire VB]]s from the Free French {{lang|fr|[[Escadron de Chasse 1/7 Provence|Groupe de Chasse]]}} 1/7, [[Bell P-39 Airacobra|P-39 Airacobra]]s of the [[350th Fighter Group]] (USAAF) and Beaufighter VIFs from [[No. 153 Squadron RAF|153 Squadron]] RAF and the [[414th Combat Training Squadron|414th Night Fighter Squadron]] (USAAF) arrived.{{sfn|Forsyth|2018|p=58}} As the German bombers came within range, the escorts and the merchant ships opened fire. Seconds later, the Germans began glide bombing, the Hs 293 booster rockets looking orangey-red. The bombers concentrated on ''Tillman'' which escaped damage by rapid maneuveres and accurate anti-aircraft fire. A He 177 dropped a glide-bomb about {{cvt|1000|yd}} off the beam and the automatic weapons on the port side fired at the bomb. When the projectile was {{cvt|600|yd}} away the bomb was hit and it fell into a steep dive, crashing {{cvt|150|yd}} off the port side.{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=262}}

[[File:Uss beatty.jpg|thumb|{{center|{{center|USS ''Beatty'', photographed off New York in January 1943}}}}]]
A second bomber dropped a glide-bomb to port as ''Tillman'' was steered back to its place in the convoy screen. ''Tillman'' turned towards the bomb and the automatic weapons fired at the bomb as the main guns engaged the bomber. The bomb passed over the bows, turned around and hit the water about {{cvt|150|yd}} to starboard as the bomber was hit by the 5-inch guns and exploded. A glide-bomb from a third He 177 hit the sea {{cvt|500|yd}} to starboard. Concussion from the bomb-explosions damaged the fire-control radar and when torpedo-bombers flew low to the port of the convoy, the gunners resorted to aiming by sight. Torpedoes were dropped by a wave of the torpedo-bombers, ''Tillman'' combed the tracks and at 18:18 two torpedoes were seen to pass down the starboard side, one exploding in the wake, concussion damaging the hull at the stern.{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=262}}

[[File:Ss monterey, 1930s.jpg|thumb|{{center|SS ''Monterey'' in the 1930s}}]]
''Beatty'' ([[Commander]] [[William Outerson]]) on the starboard side of the convoy detected two aircraft showing Allied IFF at 18:05 {{cvt|16000|yd}} astern but one was seen to be a Ju 88 and Outerson inferred that the IFF was being transmitted by German aircraft. The smoke screen obscured some of the view, two Ju 88s appeared out of it, were engaged by the anti-aircraft armament and turned away. Thirty seconds after the Ju 88s had sheered off, a torpedo hit the after engine room, which broke the ship's back, caused a power-cut throughout the ship and flooded the engine-room.{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=263}} One officer and six men were wounded and ''Beatty'' slowly began to sink at 27°12'N, 06°16'E, {{cvt|40|nmi}} west-north-west of Philippeville.{{sfn|Brown|1995|p=100}}

All hands were called on deck but when the ship did not settle, they assisted damage-control parties and began throwing overboard anything that moved. ''Beatty'' began slowly to settle at about 21:00, ''Laub'' took off some of the crew and began to rig a towline but it became clear that ''Beatty'' could not be saved. At 22:30 as the list reached 45° the remaining crew members abandoned ship, it broke into two parts and sank.{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=263}} About three torpedo-bombers got through the fighters and the escort screen and hit {{SS|Santa Elena|1933|2}} {{GRT|9,135}} ([[William C. Renaut]]), at 37°12'N, 06°16E, that sank some hours later at {{coord|37|13|N|6|21|E}}. ''Santa Elena'', carrying 1,965&nbsp;Canadian troops and nurses was also hit; four crewmen were killed and the American armed guard on board freed several men who were trapped below, 2,163 people surviving.{{sfn|Hague|2000|p=174}} The Dutch troopship ''[[MS Marnix van Sint Aldegonde]]'', with 2,924&nbsp;troops on board, was severely damaged but had no fatalities.{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=281, 552, 394, 585}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:HMS Colombo.jpg|left|thumb|{{center|HMS ''Colombo'' in July 1943}}]]
Hartman ordered the commander of Destroyer Squadron 16, Captain [[C. J. Cater]], to oversee the rescue operation with five of the destroyers as ''Monterey'' and ''Ruyz'' took off passengers from the damaged troopships, in a heavy swell.{{sfn|Morison|1956|pp=263–264}} [[Destroyer Division 32]] (Commander J. C. Sowell) comrpising {{USS|Champlin|DD-601|6}}, {{USS|Boyle|DD-600|2}}, {{USS|Nields|DD-616|2}} and {{USS|Ordronaux|DD-617|2}} sailed from Algiers but were too late to assist the damaged ships.{{sfn|Roscoe|1953|p=3335}} Tugs from Philippeville were sent to assist and took the damaged liners in tow to Philippeville. ''Santa Elena'' sank just short in the outer harbor and ''Marnixx'' grounded as attempts were being made to beach it.{{sfn|Morison|1956|pp=263–264}}

Rear Admiral [[Carleton F. Bryant]] endorsed Hartman's after action report but was critical of the British organisation of the convoy, writing that the convoy commodore and the escort commander should have been from the same service. Bryant criticised the slow speed of the convoy and should have been at the speed of the slowest ship, not the {{cvt|12|kn}} that it was moving. Once in the Mediterranean, the convoy should have been divided into a fast group and a slow group to benefit from the {{cvt|18|kn}}-speed of some of the ships; ''Monterey'' capable of {{cvt|20|kn}} should not have been limited to {{cvt|12|kn}} and the air cover should not have been withdrawn at dusk.{{sfn|Roscoe|1953|p=335}}

===Casualties===
About 300 people were killed by the bombing of ''Rohna''; most of the lifeboats were destroyed or damaged and many of the life-rafts were found to be unusable. ''Rohna'' sank within an hour; in the growing darkness and swelling sea the rescuers had great difficulty, leading to the deaths of 1,015 American servicemen, 120 British and Indian crew members, eleven gunners and three Red Cross workers were killed.{{sfn|Forsyth|2018|p=58}} Four crew were killed in ''Santa Elena'' and the American armed guard on board freed several men who were trapped below, 2,163 people surviving. ''MS Marnix van Sint Aldegonde'', with 2,924&nbsp;troops on board, was severely damaged but with no fatalities.{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=281, 552, 394, 585}} The rescue operation saved 6,228 people, including the crew of ''Beatty''.{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=-264}} The US Navy Armed Guard gunners on board the US ships claimed five aircraft shot down and one probable.{{sfn|Shores|Massimello|2018|p=303}} Later examination of German records by Gross (2006) showed that three He 111 torpedo-bombers of I./KG 26 and four Ju 88 torpedo-bombers from III./KG 26 were shot down, including {{lang|de|Hauptmann}} Eberhard Peukert,  the commander ({{lang|de|Staffelkapitän}}) of 8.{{lang|de|Staffel}}.{{sfn|Goss|2006|p=153}} Two He 177s of 4.{{lang|de|Staffel}}/KG 40 and two of 6.{{lang|de|Staffel}}/KG 40, a He 177 of 6.{{lang|de|Staffel}} ditched off [[Montpellier]] and one He 177 was written off after crashing on landing.{{sfn|Forsyth|2018|p=59}}

==Allied order of battle==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Freighters and troopships (data taken from Arnold Hague Convoy Database unless indicated){{sfn|Kindell|2005}}
|-
! scope="col" width="160px"  |Ship
! scope="col" width="30px"   |Year
! scope="col" width="140px" |Flag
! scope="col" width="30px"  |[[gross register tons|GRT]]
! Notes
|-
|align="left"|SS ''Almanzora''
|align="center"|1915
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|15,551
|align="left"| Troopship{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=178, 518}}
|-
|align="left"|{{USS|Andromeda|AKA-15|6}}
|align="center"|1943
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|6,556
|align="left"|[[Andromeda-class attack cargo ship]], Oran to Bizerta
|-
|align="left"|''[[USS Anne Arundel]]''
|align="center"|1941
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|7,796
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{MV|Aorangi|1924|6}}
|align="center"|1924
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|17,491
|align="left"| Troopship to Algiers{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=194, 518}}
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Argentina|1929|6}}
|align="center"|1929
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|20,614
|align="left"|[[War Shipping Administration|WSA]] troopship, 4,770 soldiers{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=405, 590}}
|-
|align="left"|''Aronda''
|align="center"|1941
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|9,031
|align="left"|Troopship{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=98, 518}} Oran to Augusta
|-
|align="left"|{{USS|Dorothea L. Dix|AP-67|6}}
|align="center"|1940
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|6,736
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|USS [[USS America (ID-3006)|''Edmund B. Alexander'']]
|align="center"|1905
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|21,329
|align="left"| Troopship
|-
|align="left"|''Hai Lee''
|align="center"|1934
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|NOR|civil}}
|align="center"|3,616
|align="left"|Troopship to Philippeville{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=301, 567}}
|-
|align="left"|SS ''[[Hawaiian Shipper]]''
|align="center"|1941
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|7,775
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|''[[USNS Henry Gibbins]]''
|align="center"|1943
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|12,097
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"| USAT [[SS Panama (1939)|''James Parker'']]
|align="center"|1939
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|10,021
|align="left"|2,095 troops
|-
|align="left"|MS [[MS Kungsholm (1928)|''John Ericsson'']]
|align="center"|1928
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|16,552
|align="left"| 5,336 troops to Naples
|-
|align="left"|''[[MS Marnix van Sint Aldegonde]]''
|align="center"|1930
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|NED|civil}}
|align="center"|19,355
|align="left"| 2,924 troops, sunk by torpedo-bombers
|-
|align="left"|''[[SS Monterey]]''
|align="center"|1932
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|18,017
|align="left"| Ocean Steamship Co., liner, WSA troopship, 3,966 troops{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=404, 593}}
|-
|align="left"|{{USS|Oberon||6}}
|align="center"|1942
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|7,371
|align="left"|[[Arcturus-class attack cargo ship]], Oran to Bizerta
|-
|align="left"|''Ruys''
|align="center"|1937
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|NED|civil}}
|align="center"|14,155
|align="left"|Troopship, via Gibraltar, Algiers and Philippeville{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=277, 556}}
|-
|align="left"|''Santa Elena''
|align="center"|1933
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|9,135
|align="left"|WSA transport, 1,848 troops, 101 nurses, sunk, 4 killed{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=394, 585}}{{efn|7 November, foundered off Philippeville, 2,163 survivors{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=394, 585}}}}
|-
|align="left"|SS [[SS Santa Paula (1932)|''Santa Paula'']]
|align="center"|1932
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|9,135
|align="left"|WSA
|-
|align="left"|SS [[SS Santa Rosa (1932)|''Santa Rosa'']]
|align="center"|1932
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|9,135
|align="left"|WSA [[United States Marine Corps]] transport{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=396, 595}}
|-
|align="left"|''Sloterdijk''
|align="center"|1940
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|NED|civil}}
|align="center"|9,340
|align="left"|[[Holland America Line|HAL]] British government charter{{sfn|Jordan|2006|p=285}}
|-
|align="left"|MV ''Staffordshire''
|align="center"|1929
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|10,683
|align="left"|Troopship, 1,823 troops{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=92, 522}}
|-
|align="left"|''SS [[RMS Strathmore|Strathmore]]''
|align="center"|1935
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|23,428
|align="left"|Troopship, 5,336 troops{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=170, 522}}
|-
|align="left"|''Tegelberg''
|align="center"|1937
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|NED|civil}}
|align="center"|14,150
|align="left"|[[Ministry of War Transport]] charter, troopship{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=277, 556}}
|-
|align="left"|USAT ''[[USAT Thomas H. Barry|Thomas H. Barry]]''
|align="center"|1930
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|align="center"|11,350
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|USS ''[[USS Thurston|Thurston]]''
|align="center"|1942
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|align="center"|6,509
|align="left"|
|-
|}

==Convoy escorts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Task Group 60.2 (data taken from Arnold Hague Convoy Database unless indicated){{sfn|Kindell|2005}}
|-
! scope="col" width="120px"  |Ship
! scope="col" width="130px"   |Flag
! scope="col" width="80px" |Type
! Notes
|-
|align="left"|{{HMS|Colombo|D89|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}}
|align="left"|[[C-class cruiser|Cruiser]]
|align="left"|Escort, 4–8 November
|-
|align="left"|{{HMS|Croome|L62|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}}
|align="left"|[[Hunt-class destroyer|Destroyer]]
|align="left"|Escort, 6 November
|-
|align="left"|{{HMS|Haydon||6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 6–11 November
|-
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|align="left"|Destroyer
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|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort 6–11 November
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|align="left"|[[HMS Bramham|HS ''Themistoklis'']]
|align="left"|{{navy|Greece}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 6–11 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Beatty|DD-640|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|US|1912}}
|align="left"|[[Gleaves-class destroyer|Destroyer]]
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November, torpedo-hit, sank 23:05{{sfn|Brown|1995|p=100}}
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|align="left"|{{USS|Boyle|DD-600|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|[[Benson-class destroyer|Destroyer]]
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 11 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Champlin|DD-104|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|[[Wickes-class destroyer|Destroyer]]
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 11 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Davison|DD-618|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 8 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|[[Edsall-class destroyer escort|Destroyer escort]]
|align="left"|Escort, 5–8 November, joined from [[Mers El Kébir]]{{sfn|Roscoe|1953|p=334}}
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|align="left"|{{USS|Herbert C. Jones|DE-137|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer escort
|align="left"|Escort, 5–7 November, joined from Mers El Kébir{{sfn|Roscoe|1953|p=334}}
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|align="left"|{{USS|Laub|DD-613|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|[[Clemson-class destroyer|Destroyer]]
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|McLanahan|DD-615|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 8 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Mervine|DD-489|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Nields|DD-616|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Ordronaux|DD-617|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Parker|DD-604|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November
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|align="left"|{{USS|Tillman|DD-641|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="left"|Destroyer
|align="left"|Escort, 27 October – 6 November, minor damage{{sfn|Morison|1956|p=262}}
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==See also==
* [[Action off Bougainville]]
* [[Mediterranean naval engagements during World War I]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|20em}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Brown |first=David |title=Warship Losses of World War Two |year=1995 |orig-year=1990 |publisher=Arms and Armour Press |location=London |edition=2nd rev. |isbn=978-1-85409-278-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Forsyth |first=Robert |editor-last=Holmes |editor-first=Tony |series=Combat Aircraft No. 123 |title=Heinkel He 177 Units of World War 2 |year=2018 |publisher=Osprey |location=Oxford |isbn=978-1-47-282041-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Forsyth |first=Robert |title=Luftwaffe Special Weapons 1942–45 |year=2021 |publisher=Osprey |location=Oxford |edition=ebook |isbn=978-1-4728-3983-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Goss |first=Chris |series=Luftwaffe Colours |title=Sea Eagles: Luftwaffe Anti-Shipping Units 1942–1945 |volume=II |year=2006 |publisher=Classic Colours (Ian Allen) |location=Burgess Hill |isbn=978-1-903223-56-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Hague |first=Arnold |year=2000 |title=The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945: Its Organisation, Defence and Operation |publisher=Chatham |location=London |isbn=1-86176-147-3}}
* {{cite book |ref={{harvid|Hinsley|1984}}|last1=Hinsley |first1=Harry |author-link1=Harry Hinsley |last2=Thomas |first2=E. E. |last3=Ransom |first3=C. F. G. |last4=Knight |first4=R. C. |series=History of the Second World War Military Series |title=British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations (Part I) |year=1984 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |isbn=0-11-630935-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Jordan |first=Roger W. |title=The World's Merchant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships |year=2006 |orig-year=1999 |publisher=Chatham/Lionel Leventhal |location=London |edition=2nd |isbn=978-1-86176-293-1}}
* {{cite web |last=Kindell |first=Don |website=Arnold Hague Convoy Database |title=KMF Convoy Series: KMF 25A |year=2005 |url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kmf/index.html |access-date=14 August 2024}}
* {{cite book |last=Morison |first=Samuel Eliot |author-link=Samuel Eliot Morison |series=History of United States Naval operations in World War II |title=The Atlantic Battle Won: May 1943 – May 1945 |volume=X |year=1956 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company Inc. |location=Boston |oclc=1018166599}}
* {{cite book |last=Roscoe |first=Theodore |title=United States Destroyer Operations in World War II |year=1953 |publisher=United States Naval Institute |location=Annapolis, MD |url=https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesdest0000rosc |url-access=registration |via=Archive Foundation |isbn=0-87021-726-7}}
* {{cite book |last1=Shores |first1=Christopher |last2=Massimello |first2=Giovanni |title=A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940–1945: Sicily and Italy to the Fall of Rome, 14 May 1943 – 5 June 1944 |volume=IV |year=2018 |publisher=Grub Street |location=London |isbn=978-1-911621-10-2}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Bragadin |first=Marc'Antonio |year=1957 |title=The Italian Navy in World War II |publisher=United States Naval Institute |location=Annapolis |url=https://archive.org/details/italiannavyinwor0000marc|url-access=registration |via=Archive Foundation |isbn=0-405-13031-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Carlton |title=Allied Secret: The Sinking of HMT Rohna |year=2001 |orig-year=1997 |publisher=Red River Books |location=University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK |isbn=0-8061-3418-6}} First published as ''Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT Rohna'', Naval Institute Press, Annapolis.
* {{cite book |last1=Molony |first1=C. J. C. |last2=Flynn |first2=F. C. |last3=Davies |first3=H. L. |author-link3=Henry Rodolph Davies |last4=Gleave |first4=T. P. |author-link4=Tom Gleave |series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom, Military Series |title=The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy, 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944 |volume=V |year=2004 |orig-year=1973 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |edition=Facs. pbk. Naval & Military Press, Uckfield |isbn=978-1-84574-069-6}}
* {{cite book |first1=Jürgen |last1=Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |title=Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two |year=2005 |orig-year=1972 |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |edition=3rd rev. |isbn=1-86176-257-7}}

==External  links==
* [https://archive.org/details/historyofuniteds0000mori_a4j6 Morison The Atlantic Battle Won: May 1943 – May 1945]

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