The damaged Italian ship was declared a total loss.

Fifty-one of the 1,706 passengers on the Italian ship died after the collision.

Triad also fired one torpedo, which the Italian ship turned to avoid.

Martin was killed in the attempt but the other two crew survived and were picked up by an Italian ship.

At this time, an aircraft drove off the Italian ships.

All of the Italian ships have now been decommissioned.

"Some of the Italian ships were great," he said.

Airone was the next Italian ship to be hit.

The boarding party later reported that everything was as it should be and the Italian ship was released.

Balbo was killed in July 1940, when an Italian ship shot down his place.