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had two 6 inch and ten 4 in (102 mm), compared to the nine 3.9 in (99 mm) guns on each of the Austro-Hungarian ships. Unfortunately for the Allies, their numerical superiority was quickly lost, as their destroyers were either occupied with mechanical problems, or protecting
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were able to pass through the line of drifters, and at 03:30 began attacking the small barrage ships. The Austro-Hungarians frequently gave the drifter crews warning to abandon ship before opening fire. In some instances, the drifter crews chose to fight:
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group engaged the Austro-Hungarian cruisers at 07:00, but were heavily outgunned, and instead attempted to shadow the fleeing cruisers. At 07:45, Rear
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was approaching the scene, which prompted Acton to temporarily withdraw to consolidate his forces. This break in the action was enough time for the Austro-Hungarians to save the crippled
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and Allied shipping. An Allied force composed of ships from three navies responded to the raid, and in the ensuing battle heavily damaged the Austro-Hungarian light cruiser
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auxiliary steam pipe had been damaged, which caused the ship to begin losing speed. At 11:05, Acton turned away in an attempt to separate
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group for the Allies—were quickly dispatched to join the battle. Italian
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was hit several more times, and her main feed pumps and
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543:
531:Rear Admiral
525:
487:
467:Adriatic Sea
434:
432:
382:
321:
317:
231:3 submarines
105:Belligerents
86:Adriatic Sea
57:
38:Part of the
25:
1670: /
1193:Sankt Georg
1189:Sankt Georg
1138:Sankt Georg
1040:Sankt Georg
879:Joseph Watt
824:Bersagliere
669:Bersagliere
635:destroyers
633:French Navy
600:Sankt Georg
471:World War I
447:World War I
411: [
403:2nd Durazzo
373:1st Durazzo
328:Dardanelles
240:47 drifters
72:15 May 1917
44:World War I
1687:Categories
1658:18°55′32″E
1655:40°13′10″N
1492:References
1225:torpedoed
1021:At 09:00,
698:Royal Navy
605:250t-class
498:destroyers
481:(modified
96:Indecisive
1550:cite book
1319:Footnotes
1286:Dartmouth
1278:Dartmouth
1267:, now in
1255:Aftermath
1235:Dartmouth
1227:Dartmouth
1220:submarine
1205:Helgoland
1181:Helgoland
1150:Helgoland
1134:Helgoland
1122:starboard
1110:Dartmouth
1098:Dartmouth
1090:Dartmouth
1068:Helgoland
1053:from the
1051:seaplanes
1031:Dartmouth
968:Insidioso
911:Dartmouth
907:Dartmouth
871:Gowan Lee
867:Gowan Lee
816:Carroccio
808:munitions
804:Carroccio
786:began to
780:waterline
774:with two
770:then hit
709:HMS
704:Dartmouth
702:HMS
686:Gallipoli
675:Carroccio
650:Cimeterre
557:Helgoland
502:Commander
60:in action
1294:Boutefeu
1265:Prevlaka
1247:laid by
1240:Boutefeu
980:Impavido
974:Indomito
862:cruisers
844:drifters
842:British
726:sighted
665:steamers
616:Budapest
574:Albanian
496:and two
459:blockade
353:Antivari
220:Strength
77:Location
1738:Otranto
1282:Bristol
1269:Croatia
1213:Balaton
1169:torpedo
1161:Cattaro
1114:Bristol
1100:struck
1094:Bristol
1074:in her
1044:Marsala
1035:Bristol
1023:Bristol
1008:boilers
1002:struck
996:Balaton
956:Marsala
915:Bristol
875:captain
850:to the
800:Balaton
752:torpedo
732:Balaton
711:Bristol
569:Balaton
517:U-boats
506:Admiral
504:(later
475:Barrage
469:during
461:of the
449:on the
408:Premuda
322:Breslau
197: (
132:Germany
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1313:strait
1233:, but
1209:Csepel
1207:, and
1203:, and
1197:Novara
1185:Novara
1179:, and
1173:Novara
1157:Novara
1142:Novara
1130:Novara
1118:Novara
1102:Novara
1076:rudder
1072:rivets
1059:Europa
1016:Durrës
1004:Aquila
1000:Csepel
992:Csepel
977:, and
947:Aquila
935:, and
893:Battle
820:VeritĂ
812:VeritĂ
810:, and
782:, and
776:shells
768:Csepel
760:Csepel
758:, but
756:Csepel
744:Csepel
728:Csepel
681:VeritĂ
678:, and
661:convoy
644:Bisson
563:Csepel
554:, and
546:Novara
526:Novara
457:naval
455:Allied
393:Imbros
368:Vieste
363:Ancona
318:Goeben
175:France
172:
158:
144:
129:
116:
93:Result
58:Novara
1371:Favre
1298:Borea
1290:UC-25
1249:UC-25
1231:UC-25
1223:UC-25
1201:Saida
1177:Saida
1146:Saida
1128:from
1126:Saida
1064:bombs
1026:'
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828:Borea
792:Borea
784:Borea
772:Borea
764:Borea
748:Borea
736:Borea
724:Borea
690:Vlorë
656:Borea
591:UC-25
551:Saida
453:, an
415:]
398:Bakar
147:Italy
1639:ISBN
1607:ISBN
1588:ISBN
1569:ISBN
1556:link
1527:ISBN
1508:ISBN
1280:and
1245:mine
1211:and
1132:and
994:and
986:The
788:list
730:and
707:and
647:and
585:U-27
582:and
566:and
488:The
433:The
420:Pula
320:and
69:Date
56:SMS
1066:on
1048:FBA
1014:at
796:bow
579:U-4
445:of
200:WIA
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