Italians trying to sink a Union Jack

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Shay
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Italians trying to sink a Union Jack

Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:36 pm

Found on Flickr. Captioned: Italian SM-79 Aerosiluranti (torpedo bombers) attacking a british cruiser in mediterranean., wwII.

Anyone have anymore info?

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Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:30 am

The ship appears to be either the HMS Barham or HMS Malaya. Both were unmodernized Queen Elizabeth class battleships.

Might be the Barham as she was involved pretty heavily in the Med before her untimely demise.

Otherwise, great shot of the torpedo dropping from the Sparviero on the right!

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Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:54 pm

Good info, nice to learn something new. Scary picture as the torpedo drop looks like it's right on track, unfortunately.

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