An item referred to the US Consul Tunis reporting that off Cap Bon in the night of 12 December (1) 2 Italian cruisers were sunk and a destroyer disabled. The beach was littered with survivors and dead seamen. The cruisers seemed to be the Alberto de Guissano (2) and Alberico de Barbiano(3) of the 5,000 tons Condottieri-class.
Notes
1. The battle of Cape Bon, Tunisia was on 13 December between 2 Italian light cruiser and the Allied 4th destroyer flotilla consisting of British and Dutch destroyers. The Italian cruisers were loaded with supplies including aviation oil for the Axis troops in North Africa.
2. Condottieri-class Guissano-class light cruisers laid down by Ansaldo on 29 March 1928, launched on 27 April 1930, commissioned on 1 January 1931 and sunk on 13 December 1941.
3. Condottieri-class Guissano-class light cruisers laid down by Ansaldo on 16 April 1928, launched on 23 August 1930, commissioned on 9 June 1931 and sunk on 13 December 1941.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration) mr0422a. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 4 Dated 14 December 1941.
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