Battle of the Ligurian Sea

Battle of the Ligurian Sea
	Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of Second World War
	; British destroyer HMS Meteor
Date	18 March 1945
Location	Ligurian Sea43°30′N 09°00′E / 43.500°N 9.000°E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Derick Hetherington	Franz Burkart (POW)
Strength
2 destroyers	1 destroyer; 2 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
1 destroyer damaged	60 killed; 244 captured; 2 torpedo boats sunk; 1 destroyer damaged
	Ligurian Sea The Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, between the Italian Riviera (Liguria) and the island of Corsica

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 at night when it was intercepted by two Royal Navy destroyers; HMS Lookout and Meteor. The British destroyers sank two of the German ships and severely damaged the third; it was the last German naval surface action of the war.