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Saturday 11 June 2016

British troop transport Emmaus sunk by Italian submarine Cappellini according to the Dutch newspaper Leeuwarder courant dated 25 January 1941

An item reported that a Italian submarine commanded by corvette captain Salvatore Todaro sunk after a heavy fight the British 7.000 ton auxiliary cruiser Eumdeus with troops embarked.(1)

Note
1. Todaro (16 September Messina, Italy-14 December 1942 La Galite, Tunisia) commanded during the Second World War the submarine Cappellini. The Eumdeus was the British troop transport Emmaus.