| United Kingdom Royal Navy convoy from Alexandria to Malta meets and engages Regia Marina (“Royal Italian Navy”) warships in the mediterranean. HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch (133.4 millimeter) guns to shell the Italian fleet. Photo by E. A. Zimmerman, Royal Navy. | |
| Image Filename | wwii2124.jpg |
| Image Size | 185.12 KB |
| Image Dimensions | 2189 x 1614 |
| Photographer | Edward A. Zimmerman |
| Photographer Title | Royal Navy |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | March 22, 1942 |
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| Country | Malta |
| Archive | Imperial War Museum |
| Record Number | A 8168 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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