The story
British destroyer HMS Kandahar and anti-submarine trawler HMS Moonstone forced Italian submarine Galileo Galilei to surface with depth charges in the Gulf of Aden. Galileo Galilei attempted to fight HMS Moonstone with her deck gun, and HMS Moonstone returned fire, killing the Italian captain. Galileo Galilei was captured and towed to Aden by HMS Kandahar and would be renamed X 2 and would be used for training purposes.
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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