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| Keywords: Ships after Battle of Cape Passero 1940.jpg Starboard side view of the Italian destroyer Artigliere stopped abandoned and on fire forward after the Battle of Cape Passero The light cruisers HMS Orion 85 left and HMAS Sydney D34 are visble in the background a Fairey Swordfish is flying overhead <br>The Italian Navy had attempted to intercept an eastbund convoy from Malta on the night of 11/12 October 1940 with destroyers and torpedo boats which ran into the Royal Navy covering force which included the light cruiser HMS Ajax 22 the first radar-equipped RN ship in the Mediterranean Sea Ajax stopped Artigliere which surrendered and was scuttled on the next day by the heavy cruiser HMS York 90 128071 1940-10-12 Australian armed forces 36 30 00 N 16 07 00 E PD-Australia Artigliere ship 1938 HMAS Sydney 1934 Black and white photographs HMS Orion 85 Battle of Cape Passero 1940 | ||||
