Talk:Pola/@comment-4547040-20160503092731/@comment-24093250-20160504082337

@ozraptor

Actually, the only ship which was located by radar was the Pola itself, that was mistaken for the battleship Vittorio Veneto. The incoming ships of the 1st Cruiser Division were spotted optically, not by radar.

As for crazy... well, it was the Regia Marina's own fault for not doing anything in terms of night fighting capability; the chance that major ships could be forced to fight at night was not even considered. Forget radar, this was the RM's biggest fault, together with its failure to create a working coordination with the Regia Aeronautica.