The Battle of Skerki Bank was a engagement during the Second World War which took place near Skerki Bank in the Mediterranean Sea in the early hours of 2 December 1942. Force Q a flotilla of Royal Navy cruisers and destroyers attacked Convoy H, an Italian convoy and its Regia Marina escort of destroyers and torpedo boats. Force Q sank the four Italian merchant ships and one of the escorting destroyers in exchange for minor splinter damage. Force Q was attacked by Luftwaffe torpedo bombers at 06:30 on 3 December, sinking the destroyer Quentin with one torpedo and damaging the destroyer Quiberon. The battle was the first and most significant success for Force Q.