Actions of the destroyer Vivaldi. Part 5

Actions of the destroyer Vivaldi. Part 5

The destroyer Vivaldi rams the HMS Oswald (N58). Black smoke is billowing out of the main funnel.

Label reads “58”; signed by the author; “5… una delle precedent azioni dell‘eroico CCTT, lo speronamento del sommergibile inglese “Oswald” nel mar Ionio, il 2 Agosto 1940, naufragi inglesi ripescati e fatti prigionieri…”

Caption translates as: “5… One of the previous actions of the heroic destroyer was the ramming of the British submarine “Oswald” in the Ionian Sea on the 2nd August 1940. The British castaways were rescued and were taken prisoners…”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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