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Originally Posted by geosub1978
For history, San Giorgio ... was bombed in TOBRUK 1942 making her a total loss.
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That is not quite correct. San Giorgio was scuttled on january 22, 1941 by her own crew in Tobruk as per Italian Navy HQ orders, after having defended the harbour from English attacks for seven months.
The ship and her last commander, Stefano Pugliese, have been awarded the Medaglia d'oro al Valor Militare.
After the war, San Giorgio's wreck was refloated and towed away from Tobruk, in order to send it in Italy for demolition, but she broke the tow cables and sank in the Mediterranean.
VDOS: if you PM me a mail address, I can send you some photos and tables from the Giorgerini-Nani volume on Italian cruisers
Gute Jagd
HB