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Description IWM caption : After making a rendezvous off the North African coast, an Italian cruiser and a Littorio class battleship steam slowly past the British escorting ships towards Malta to surrender, all together there were two battleships, five cruisers and four destroyers. Sailors of HMS WARSPITE are in the foreground. They were also escorted by units of the British destroyer flotillas as well as the battleships VALIANT and WARSPITE (from which this photograph was taken).
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph A 19244 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
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Author Coote, R G G (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer
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current21:15, 31 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:15, 31 January 2012752 × 549 (28 KB)Common Good (talk | contribs)similar (lossless) crop from higher res
14:42, 14 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 14:42, 14 January 2006800 × 553 (150 KB)SoLando (talk | contribs)*'''Description''': THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR After making a rendezvous off the North African coast, an Italian cruiser and a LITTORIO class battleship steam slowly past the British escorting ships towards Malta to surrender, all together

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