Otranto Barrage in World War I

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The Otranto Barrage in World War I was an Allied naval blockade and anti-submarine barrier across the Strait of Otranto designed to restrict the movement of Austro-Hungarian and German submarines from the Adriatic Sea into the Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military operation ⓘ
anti-submarine barrier ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
aimedAt containing the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
protecting Allied merchant shipping in the Mediterranean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Otranto Barrage ⓘ
Otranto Barrage (WWI) ⓘ
belligerent Allied Powers ⓘ
characteristic incomplete physical barrier due to width of the Strait of Otranto ⓘ
relied heavily on patrols and nets rather than continuous minefields ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
controlledBy Allied naval forces ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
hasPart anti-submarine nets ⓘ
destroyers ⓘ
drifters with anti-submarine nets ⓘ
light cruisers ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
patrol vessels ⓘ
implementedBy Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel ⓘ
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe ⓘ
locatedIn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Strait of Otranto ⓘ
near Albanian coast ⓘ
Greek coast ⓘ
Otranto, Italy ⓘ
linked to: Otranto
notableEvent Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917) ⓘ
notableLimitation Central Powers submarines were still able to pass through the barrage at night or in bad weather ⓘ
insufficient density of patrols and nets across the entire strait ⓘ
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
opposedWarfareType submarine warfare ⓘ
partOf Allied naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
purpose to enforce an Allied naval blockade of the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
to restrict movement of Austro-Hungarian submarines from the Adriatic Sea into the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
to restrict movement of German submarines from the Adriatic Sea into the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
resultedIn continued but reduced Central Powers submarine access to the Mediterranean ⓘ
partial restriction of Austro-Hungarian submarine operations ⓘ
startTime 1915 ⓘ
strategicImportance to limit Central Powers submarine access to Allied shipping lanes in the Mediterranean ⓘ
theater Adriatic campaign of World War I ⓘ
usedBy French Navy ⓘ
Italian Regia Marina ⓘ
linked to: Italian Navy

Royal Navy ⓘ
usedWarfareType anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
naval blockade warfare ⓘ

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Strait of Otranto → historicalEvent → Otranto Barrage in World War I ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian Navy → engagedIn → Otranto Barrage operations ⓘ
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Otranto Barrage in World War I → alsoKnownAs → Otranto Barrage ⓘ
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Otranto Barrage in World War I → alsoKnownAs → Otranto Barrage (WWI) ⓘ
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Otranto Barrage in World War I → notableLimitation → Central Powers submarines were still able to pass through the barrage at night or in bad weather ⓘ
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Battle of Otranto Straits → involves → Otranto Barrage ⓘ
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SMS Viribus Unitis → notableEngagement → Otranto Barrage operations (fleet-in-being role) ⓘ
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August von Heeringen → opposed → Allied Otranto Barrage ⓘ
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Action of 15 May 1917 → partOf → Otranto Barrage operations ⓘ
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Action of 15 May 1917 → relatedOperation → Otranto Barrage ⓘ
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Adriatic Campaign of World War I → hasPart → Otranto Barrage ⓘ
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