Battle of Ist

Battle off Ist
	Part of the Adriatic Campaign of World War II and Battle of the Mediterranean
	; Free French destroyer Le Terrible
Date	29 February 1944
Location	Off Ist, Adriatic Sea44°14′N 14°46′E / 44.233°N 14.767°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
Free France	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Lancelot	Jürgen Von Kleist
Strength
2 destroyers	2 torpedo boats ; 2 corvettes ; 3 minesweepers ; 1 freighter
Casualties and losses
None	150 killed and wounded ; 1 corvette sunk ; 1 freighter sunk ; 2 torpedo boats damaged
	Ist class=notpageimage\| The Island of Ist in the Adriatic Sea

The Battle of Ist was a naval engagement in Adriatic Sea, between the islands of Škarda and Molat, off the island of Ist, on 29 February 1944. The engagement was fought between two Free French Naval Forces destroyers and a Kriegsmarine force of two corvettes, two torpedo boats and three minesweepers. The German flotilla had been deployed to escort a freighter. In the ensuing engagement the French managed to destroy the German freighter and a corvette in return for no loss before withdrawing.^[2]

^ O'Hara, pp. 242–243
^ Greene, Jack, O'Hara, Vincent P (2012). Spencer C. Tucker (ed.). World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 7, 282. ISBN 978-1-59884-457-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[O'Hara-1] O'Hara, pp. 242–243

[Encyclopedia-2] Greene, Jack, O'Hara, Vincent P (2012). Spencer C. Tucker (ed.). World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 7, 282. ISBN 978-1-59884-457-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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