naval engagement, notable, Cold War

Action in the Gulf of Sidra

Name: Action in the Gulf of Sidra
Location: Gulf of Sidra

Action in the Gulf of Sidra was a naval engagement fought in 1986 at Gulf of Sidra. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Gulf of Sidra. The recorded result: American victory. Recorded strength: 30 warships; 225 aircraft against 2 missile corvettes; 3 patrol boats.

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Fought1986

WhereGulf of Sidra31.500N, 18.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAmerican victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstLibyan Arab Jamahiriya

Record

Date	1986 (year precision)
Place	Gulf of Sidra 31.500N, 18.000E
Kind	Naval engagement, Cold War
Strength	30 warships; 225 aircraft	2 missile corvettes; 3 patrol boats
Casualties and losses	None	72 killed; 6 Soviet technicians wounded; 1 corvette sunk; 1 patrol boat sunk; 1 corvette crippled; 1 patrol boat damaged; several SAM sites destroyed or damaged
Commanders	Ronald Reagan Frank Kelso	Muammar Gaddafi

Placed at Gulf of Sidra; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of El Agheila 1942, 179 km SE
Battle of Kuwayfia 1911, 209 km E
Battle of Beda Fomm 1941, 221 km E
Second Battle of Sirte 1942, 282 km N
Battle of Misrata 1912, 291 km W

Elsewhere in 1986

First Battle of al-Faw Iraq
Battle of Mehran Iran

Action in the Gulf of Sidra is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q650773, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986), revision 1370425763, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.