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Hi all,

Italian heavy cruiser Gorizia suffered some casualties during an air ARF raid over Naples on 20/11/41.

Any more details like what sort of airplanes attacked the Italian base and number of them, number of casualties on board Gorizia or anything else?

Thank you very much
Jordi

Hello Jordi,

all I have from Admirality War Diary:

20.11.1941:
Night 19/20. [...] 17 Wellingtons operated {from Malta}. [...] 5 Mark II over Naples, 1925 to 0145 hours hits area Railway Station, two 4000 lb. bombs near marshalling yard and Gasworks.[...]

Regards

Darius

Thank you Darius!

No reference about casualties?

Regards

Hello Jordi,

sorry, I´ve noting about it in my archive.

Regards

Darius

Thank you anyway,

Regards

Hi Jordi and Darius,

The RAF raid on Naples of 20 November 1941 caused no casualties or damage to Regia Marina personnel and vessels. You are probably thinking of the raid on Messina on 21 November 1941 when two bombs fell on the quay next to Gorizia and caused about 200 small holes from fragments on her port side. There were two killed and nineteen wounded (one killed and eight or nine wounded belonged to the cruiser, the remainder from shore personnel). This did not prevent Gorizia from leaving on a mission the same evening.

Best regards,

Platon

Thank you Platon!

Do you know what sort of airplanes and number of them attacked Messina that day?

Regards

They were Wellington bombers. I do not know the number. Sorry.

Platon

Thank you Platon.

Looking in the net I found that they were 4 Wellingtons

Regards

hi,

addendum : RAF Wellington squadrons 40 and 104 were stationed at Malta in the last quarter of 1941

greetings, Urs

Thank you Urs!

Regards