Towing the English Spartan light cruiser of the Royal Navy.
Spartan light cruiser, the light cruiser of Dido class.
Spartan light cruiser, the board number 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, Malta
Date of the photo: 1943