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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.
PACIFIC OCEAN, 1940-06-12. SURVIVORS FROM THE ITALIAN MOTOR VESSEL ROMOLO BEING TAKEN ON BOARD HMAS MANOORA AFTER SETTING THEIR VESSEL ON FIRE AND OPENING THE KINGSTON VALVES WHEN INTERCEPTED BY THE A
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 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
Two days after Italy entered the war, Australia struck her first blow against the new enemy on the high seas. On that day the armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS "Manoora" intercepted the Italian merchant ves
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 ROMO
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
