Battle of the Ligurian Sea Battle of the Ligurian Sea The Battle of the Ligurian Sea was a naval surface action of the Second World War fought on 18 March 1945, in the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea. A "Kriegsmarine" flotilla of two torpedo boats and one destroyer was conducting an offensive mine laying operation when it was intercepted by a British Royal Navy force. The British destroyers and sank two of the German ships and severely damaged the third; it was the last German naval surface action of the war. At the Malta Conference (30 January – 3 February 1945), it was
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