The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PACIFIC OCEAN. 1940-06-12. MEMBERS OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS MANOORA GATHERED AROUND THE PORT 6 INCH GUN ON HER FORECASTLE TO WATCH THE SINKING OF THE ITALIAN LINER ROMOLO WHICH HAD FLED FROM BRISBANE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH ITALY BUT SCUTTLED HERSELF AS THE MANOORA CAME UP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
PACIFIC OCEAN. 1940-06-12. THE BURNING ITALIAN ROMOLO STRUCK AT THE WATERLINE BY 6 INCH GUNFIRE FROM THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS MANOORA. ROMOLO SCUTTLED HERSELF ON BEING OVERTAKEN IN THE PACIFIC
PACIFIC OCEAN. 1940-06-07. THE ITALIAN LINER ROMOLO, WHICH HAD FLED FROM BRISBANE A FEW DAYS BEFORE WAR WITH ITALY BROKE OUT, BEING CLOSELY SHADOWED BY THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS MANOORA. (NAVAL
PACIFIC OCEAN, 1940-06-12. THE ITALIAN MOTOR-SHIP ROMOLO BEING SHELLED BY AN AUSTRALIAN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER, HMAS MANOORA, IN THE PACIFIC SHORTLY AFTER ITALY ENTERED THE WAR.
Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Manoora firing one of seven rounds into the Italian motor vessel Romolo to hasten her sinking. The Romolo was set on fire and scuttled by its crew after being pursued from
View of the Italian motor vessel Romolo well alight. Romolo was set on fire and scuttled by its crew after being pursued from Brisbane by the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Manoora. Note the anti-aircraf
The Italian motor vessel Romolo which was set on fire and scuttled by its crew after being pursued from Brisbane by the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Manoora. The Manoora fired seven rounds into the Rom
