Smoke pours from the Italian motor vessel Romolo after being set on fire and scuttled by its crew ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Nauru
Accession Number 002006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Pacific Ocean: South Pacific Ocean
Date made 12 June 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Smoke pours from the Italian motor vessel Romolo after being set on fire and scuttled by its crew after being pursued from Brisbane by the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Manoora and finally intercepted, 220 miles south west of the island of Nauru.