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hit a fourth mine and quickly capsized, killing 737 crew members. Initially some 30 others survived the sinking, but they also died of wounds and exposure in the subsequent days. As a result, only one was still alive when their
585:, part of an Italian minefield laid by an Italian cruiser force in June 1941. The first struck the anti-mine screen, causing no damage. The second struck the bow hull. The other cruisers present, 551:. During 1941, she led Force K, a raiding squadron of cruisers. Their task was to intercept and destroy German and Italian convoys en route to Libya. The convoys were supplying 2449: 2429: 2444: 1113: 1466: 1433: 2459: 669:. The sole survivor, Norman Walton, spent 15 months in an Italian prisoner of war camp. In 1991, Walton travelled to the small city of 523: 2454: 1106: 2068: 1572: 1566: 1560: 1554: 1459: 466: 1966: 975: 953: 1783: 2369: 2365: 2261: 1856: 1789: 1481: 1428: 1099: 2434: 2378: 2374: 1743: 1721: 1548: 846:"HMS Neptune (20) of the Royal Navy - British Light cruiser of the Leander class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net" 1452: 1066: 1044: 1025: 1003: 908: 833: 813: 793: 761: 741: 2390: 1737: 480: 772: 519:
received the signal "enemy battle fleet in sight". During the subsequent engagement, she was hit by the Italian
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was unable to render assistance as she was already down to 10 knots (19 km/h) and needed to turn back to
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were sent into the minefield to attempt a tow. The former struck a mine and began drifting.
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was the fourth ship of its class and was the ninth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name.
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struck a third mine, which took off her propellers and left her dead in the water.
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Force K was sent out on 18 December 1941, to intercept a convoy bound for
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was patrolling in the South Atlantic in pursuit of German surface raider
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beyond repair, its wreckage being thrown into the sea. Minutes later,
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was later evacuated and scuttled with a torpedo by the destroyer
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was the first British ship to spot the Italian Fleet in the
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was picked up five days later by the Italian torpedo boat
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Index

HMS Neptune
HMS Neptune in 1937
Portsmouth Dockyard
Pennant number
Tripoli
Leander-class
light cruiser
BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns
4-inch (102 mm)
0.5 in
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
belt
deck
turrets
catapult
Fairey Seafox
Supermarine Walrus
Leander-class
light cruiser
Royal Navy
World War II
Portsmouth Dockyard
laid down
launched
commissioned
pennant number
New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy
heavy cruiser
Admiral Graf Spee

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