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title: THE RED COUNT SINKS

subject date: 2004-04-06

caption: WWII ITALY 20:45 on 24 May 1941, the ''Conte Rosso'' sinks. Attack by submarines off the coast of the Strait of Sicily, on the ''Convoglio Fantasma'' (four fast ships). Built in 1922 by Lloyd Sabaudo of Genoa, it was an ocean liner requisitioned for the second time in 1940 by the Navy to be used for transporting troops to Libya. With the atrocious death toll of 1,297 dead, it was the Italian ship with the highest number of victims in the Second World War. Pencil sketch from the personal collection of memories of the Italian watercolorist and illustrator Gerolamo Bartoletti (9 January 1893 - 1962), entitled ''Album di Guerra''. African Campaign, 1941-42.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

file date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 46650

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Seconda Guerra Mondiale

subject century: XX

subject epoch: Seconda Guerra Mondiale

technique: Disegno

id: 6005

file name: FSNgilardi_46650.jpg

keywords

Bartoletti G.ItalyKingdom of ItalycolonialismAfricashipsWWIIII GMWorld War IIdisastersbattleWW2World War IIshipwrecksinking