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HMAS Sydney firing on the Bartolomeo Colleoni during the Battle of Cape Spada 19 July 1940 .
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Prisoners of War and Survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni after rescue by HMAS Sydney 19 July 1940
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The Queen Mary, 1940
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Battle for Cape Spada, 19 July 1940. HMAS Sydney sights the Bartolomeo Colleoni
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The battle for Cape Spada, 19 July 1940. The Bartolomeo Colleoni in range of HMAS Sydney
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Bartolomeo Colleoni under fire during the Battle of Cape Spada, 19 July 1940
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Bartolomeo Colleoni crippled in the Battle of Cape Spada, 19 July 1940
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Bartolomeo Colleoni minus her bow - crew abandoning ship; Cape Spada, 19 July 1940
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Cape Spada 19 July 1940 2 Italian cruisers lay down a smoke screen and try to escapre HMAS Sydney.
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HMAS Sydney's damaged for'd funnel after her battle with the Bartolomeo Colleoni, 19 July 1940
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After the fight. Crew of HMAS Sydney after she sank the Bartolomeo Colleoni, 19 July 1940
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The only damage to HMAS Sydney during the battle with the Bartolomeo Colleoni, 19 July 1940
Item Detail
Summary
Photographs and records of William Burnsyde, a stoker on HMAS Sydney II. Attached to this record are photographs of the HMAS Sydney's sinking of the Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete 19 July 1940 in the Battle of Cape Spada; prisoners of war from the sinking; personal photographs; the Queen Mary; on board the HMAS Sydney including the A turret gun with artificers cleaning the gun.
Year
1940.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian -- Photographs.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Photographs.
- Battle of Cape Spada (19 July 1940) -- Photographs.
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