Otranto Barrage
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The Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Strait of Otranto between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Greek side of the Adriatic Sea in the First World War. The operation consisted of o
British drifters sailing from their base in the Adriatic to man the Otranto Barrage
The damaged Austro-Hungarian cruiser Novara after the battle of the Otranto Straits, 15 May 1917
SMS Szent István
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SMS Szent István was the last of four Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Szent István was the only ship of her class to be built within the Hungarian part of
Otranto Barrage
…barrage employing the four Tegetthoff-class battleships based at Pola, the most modern in the fleet. While en route down the Adriatic, the battleship SMS Szent István was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian torpedo boat at dawn on 10 June, resulting in the attack being cancelled. Millholland, Ray, "The Splinter Fleet…
SMS Szent István in the Fažana Strait
MAS-15, the torpedo boat that sank Szent István, on display in Rome