English Spartan light cruiser comes in tow

English Spartan light cruiser comes in tow

Jul 4, 2019 #english
Spartan light cruiser

 

The English Spartan light cruiser (HMS Spartan) of the Royal Navy comes in tow.

Spartan light cruiser, the light cruiser of Dido class.
Spartan light cruiser, the board number is 95.
Spartan light cruiser,the construction started on December 21, 1941, launched on August 27, 1942, accepted into the Royal Navy of Great Britain on January 10, 1943.

Spartan light cruiser carried service in the Mediterranean. Based in Malta. He participated in the landing of the Allies in the Italian city of Anzio.

The Spartan light cruiser was sunk on January 29, 1944 by a German cruise missile (planning bomb) Henschel HS293 in the Gulf of Anzio (41 sailors killed, 42 injured).




Location: Mediterranean Sea
Date of the photo: 1943

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