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Photograph 134385 Second World War, 1939-1945Starboard side view of the Italian merchant ship Caboto on fire in the harbour after being set alight by its crew in the course of Operation Countenance. (Donor: Captain W L G Adams)

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fire fighters fight the fire on board the Italian merchant ship Bronte, which had been set alight by its crew in the course of Operation Countenance. (Donor: Captain W L G Adams)
Starboard side view of the Italian merchant ship Caboto on fire in the harbour after being set alight by its crew in the course of Operation Countenance. (Donor: Captain W L G Adams)

Fire fighters fighting the fire on board the Italian merchant ship Caboto, set alight by its crew in the course of Operation Countenance.

The armed merchant cruiser HMS Kanimbla (left), manned by an Australian crew, alongside the burning Italian tanker Bronte in the course of Operation Countenance. The crew of Bronte had set their ship

BANDAR SHAPUR, IRAN. 1941-08-25. THE ITALIAN MERCHANT VESSEL BRONTE ON FIRE, SEEN FROM THE MERCHANT CRUISER HMS KANIMBLA (MANNED BY THE RAN) AS SHE APPROACHED TO BOARD HER. OTHER CAPTURED ITALIAN VESS

Port side view amidships of the German ship Weissenfels as smoke billows from her after she was set on fire during Operation Countenance. (Donor W. L. G. Adams).

Original caption: HMS "Kanimbla's" capture "Bronte" being towed away from Bandar Shapur. Bandar Shapur, Iran. c August-September 1941. HMS Falmouth tows away the Italian tanker Bronte from the harbou
