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A CLOUD OF SMOKE BILLOWS INTO THE AIR FROM THE ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI AS SHE GOES DOWN AFTER BEING TORPEDOED BY A BRITISH DESTROYER AND ABANDONED BY HER CREW. THE COLLEONI HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED IN A FIERCE NINETY MINUTE BATTLE WITH HMAS SYDNEY OFF CAPE SPADA, CRETE, THE FIRST CRUISER DUEL OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. (PHOTOGRAPHER BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION, DONOR C. OLIVER, ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (USE THIS IN PREFERENCE TO 007893)
A CLOUD OF SMOKE BILLOWS INTO THE AIR FROM THE ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI AS SHE GOES DOWN AFTER BEING TORPEDOED BY A BRITISH DESTROYER AND ABANDONED BY HER CREW. THE COLLEONI HAD BEEN BA
THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI BEING TORPEDOED BY A BRITISH DESTROYER AFTER SHE HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY HER CREW. THE COLLEONI HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED IN A FIERCE NINETY MINUTE BATTLE WITH HMAS
A CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI AS SHE GOES DOWN.
A CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI AS SHE GOES DOWN.
THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI BEING TORPEDOED BY A BRITISH DESTROYER AFTER SHE HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY HER CREW.
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS SYDNEY (II), WITH A HOLE IN THE FORWARD FUNNEL, STEAMING TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA AFTER HEAVILY DAMAGING THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, OFF CAPE SPADA, CRETE. (D
