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Battle of Cape Matapan
The Battle of Cape Matapan was a naval battle fought on 27–29 March 1941 off the south-western coast of the Peloponnese, Greece, between the British Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral Andrew Cunningham and the Italian navy. Helped by intercepted signals and radar, the British sank three Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers at night, killing some 2,300 Italian sailors. Afterwards the Italian fleet avoided challenging the Royal Navy in the eastern Mediterranean.
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