Cika wannan jumla:
Yaƙin Taranto ya faru ne a daren 11 zuwa 12 ga Nuwamba 1940 a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na biyu tsakanin sojojin ruwan Burtaniya, a ƙarƙashin Admiral Andrew Cunningham, da sojojin ruwan Italiya, a ƙarƙashin Admiral Inigo Campioni. Rundunar sojan ruwa ta Royal Navy ta kaddamar da hare-haren jirgin ruwa na farko a cikin tarihi, ta amfani da 21 tsohuwar Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers daga jirgin saman jirgin sama a cikin Bahar Rum. An kai harin ne a kan rundunar jiragen ruwa na "Regia Marina" da ke cikin tashar jiragen ruwa na Taranto, ta amfani da torpedoes na iska duk da rashin zurfin ruwa.