FATE OF ITALIAN CRUISER
TORPEDOED AND ALMOST CERTAINLY SUNK BRITISH SUBMARINE'S SUCCESS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 10. (Received March 11, at 10.40 a.m.) An Admiralty communique states: An Italian cruiser of the Condottieri “ A ” class has been torpedoed and almost certainly sunk by one of the British submarines. The cruiser was escorted by two destroyers. She was seen to be hit, and for two hours afterwards the destroyers were seen to be alternately circling, round and stopping, evidently picking up survivors. The Italian Condottieri “A ” class cruisers are ships of 5,069 tons, mounting eight 6in guns. The class originally consisted of four ships. One of the class, the Bartolomeo Colleoni, was sunk by H.M.A.S. Sydney and destroyers on July 19 last.
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Evening Star, Issue 23831, 11 March 1941, Page 7
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123FATE OF ITALIAN CRUISER Evening Star, Issue 23831, 11 March 1941, Page 7
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