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Any surface ship/boat sorties against Anzio or Salerno?

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Any surface ship/boat sorties against Anzio or Salerno?

Postby Felix C on 28 May 2012 22:13

Where there any Axis surface ship sorties against these beachheads?

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Re: Any surface ship/boat sorties against Anzio or Salerno?

Postby mescal on 29 May 2012 17:16

AFAICT, no sortie by anything bigger than a MTB.

During Salerno, the Regia Marina was in the process of surrender.
Dark Navy: The Italian Regia Marina and the Armistice of 8 September 1943 gives a detailed account on the actions of the Italian Navy by the time of Salerno.

Regarding Anzio, I'm more speaking from memory, and thus I may well be mistaken. But given the relative strengths of the German naval forces in the Med vs the Allied forces, anything but harassing raids by MTB would have been suicidal.
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Re: Any surface ship/boat sorties against Anzio or Salerno?

Postby Felix C on 30 May 2012 17:05

Thank you. I was not sure if anything similar to the 5th Torpedoboat Flotilla sortie against Normandy occurred.

I thought Anzio was a bit of shoestring operation by the Allies and do not know how much naval forces were provided. Appears nothing heavier than a light cruiser with many DDs and DEs.

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Re: Any surface ship/boat sorties against Anzio or Salerno?

Postby PT Dockyard on 24 Jul 2012 12:09

The only attacks on Anzio were by RSI two man MTBs. An account of this in Italian can be found in "Decima MAS Nostra"

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