Action off Cape Bougaroun

Action off Cape Bougaroun
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II
Map of Cape Bougaroun, to the east of Algiers
Date 6 November 1943 Location Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria 37°10′N 6°0′E / 37.167°N 6.000°E / 37.167; 6.000 Result German victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom Greece Netherlands	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Charles C. Hartman
Strength
1 cruiser 10 destroyers 4 destroyer escorts 26 merchant ships	25 aircraft
Casualties and losses
4 killed 1 destroyer sunk 2 merchant ships sunk 1 destroyer damaged 2 merchant ships damaged	~10 killed 7 aircraft shot down

The action off Cape Bougaroun (Cap Bougaroûn) [Attack on Convoy KMF 25A], was a Luftwaffe operation against an Allied naval convoy off the coast of Algeria during World War II. The convoy of American, British, Greek and Dutch ships was attacked on 6 November 1943 by 25 German bombers and torpedo-bombers.

Six Allied vessels were sunk or damaged and seven German aircraft were shot down. The Germans had achieved a tactical victory, though the Allied fighter escorts and warships were praised for shooting down so many bombers. At least 1,400 men and women were killed but the rescue effort led to the saving of over 6,000 passengers and crew.