Civilian risk around Taranto harbour

How much did civilians suffer during the attack on Taranto?

The consulted sources did not list civilian deaths, but that record remains uncertain and both sides worried about civilians in the target area.

Italian authorities and British aircrews were conscious of civilian danger around the harbour. Pilots hoped residents had reached shelters because falling fragments, spent rounds, and bombs threatened the surrounding city as well as naval targets. The available sources listed no civilian deaths, but that absence is not treated as conclusive. Incomplete or translated wartime records limit confidence about human consequences away from the ships.