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The Corfu Channel Incident refers to three separate incidents involving Royal Navy ships in the Straits of Corfu which took place in 1946, and it is considered an early episode of the Cold War. [3] [4] [5] During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications. [4]
While keeping his rowed warships in Corfu, the Venetian Captain General of the Sea, Andrea Pisani, sent his more manoeuvreable ships of the line ahead, under the Capitano Straordinario delle Navi Andrea Corner, to observe the straits between the Morea and Crete for the Ottomans' approach.
[1] [4] The ship's bow was completely blown off and adverse weather conditions in the straits made the towing effort exceedingly difficult with all ships sailing stern-first, [5] [16] but after twelve hours of effort all ships managed to reach the Corfu harbour. [1] Eighty-four men died and forty-two were injured in the incident. [1] [4]
The Corfu Channel case (French: Affaire du Détroit de Corfou) was the first public international law case heard before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between 1947 and 1949, concerning state responsibility for damages at sea, as well as the doctrine of innocent passage.
Straits of Greece, naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterways that connect two larger bodies of water. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Straits of Greece . Pages in category "Straits of Greece"
The engines were rated at a total of 27,500 metric horsepower (20,200 kW), using steam provided by 20 (Jules Ferry) or 28 water-tube boilers. Each of the sisters had a different type of boiler; Léon Gambetta used Niclausse boilers, Jules Ferry had Guyot-du Temple boilers and Victor Hugo was fitted with Belleville boilers.
This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait. For "Strait of.." ... Corfu and mainland Greece/Albania: Cozumel Channel: Cozumel Island and the Yucatán ...
MS Norman Atlantic was a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ROPAX) ferry owned by the Italian ferry company Visemar di Navigazione. The ferry was chartered by ANEK Lines from December 2014. On 28 December 2014, she caught fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea.