An unidentified group of some of the 550 Italian survivors from the Italian cruiser, Bartolomeo ...

Accession Number 007891
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Evans, Eric Charles
Date made 19 July 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

An unidentified group of some of the 550 Italian survivors from the Italian cruiser, Bartolomeo Colleoni, rescued by British destroyers, sitting on the deck of HMAS Sydney II. The Sydney heavily damaged the Italian cruiser during an engagement on 19 July 1940 off Cape Spada, Crete. Dead in the water, the Bartolomeo Colleoni was later sunk by torpedoes launched from British destroyers.