002724 Accession Number: 002724

Description

Red, White and Blue flies over Red, White and Green as the British Ensign waves superior to the Italian Flag on the Italian Archimede Class submarine Galileo Galilei captured by the British trawler HMS Moonstone after a sharp engagement in the Gulf of Aden.

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Accession Number
002724
Photographer
Unknown British Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c August 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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