AT SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, 1940-07-19. CREW MEMBERS FROM THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, ...

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Accession Number P01103.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Pearce, John Stanley
Date made 1940-07-19
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AT SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, 1940-07-19. CREW MEMBERS FROM THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, SUNK AFTER A BATTLE WITH HMAS SYDNEY OFF NORTH-WEST CRETE, NEAR CAPE SPADA. PROBABLY ABOARD HMS ILEX, PHOTOGRAPHED BY A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH NAVY FROM HMS HYPERION.