"18 destroyers" . "Italian strategic victory" . . . . "2 heavy cruisers" . "British tactical victory" . . "1 anti-aircraft cruiser" . "1 battleship" . "The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval engagement in which the escorting warships of a British convoy to Malta frustrated a much more powerful Regia Marina (Italian Navy) squadron. The British convoy was composed of four merchant ships escorted by four light cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, and 17 destroyers. The Italian force comprised a battleship, two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers."@en . "1942-03-22Z"^^ . . "10 destroyers" . . "6 destroyers damaged" . "39 killed" . "1 submarine" . "1 light cruiser" . "Second Battle of Sirte"@en . "3 light cruisers damaged" . . "4 light cruisers" .