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The
HMS Neptune British Leander-class light cruiser
The HMS Neptune was a British Leander-class light cruiser, built in Portsmouth Dockyards by Parson during 1931, and launched during 1933. L' HMS Neptune era un incrociatore leggero Britannico della classe Leander, costruito a Portsmouth dai cantieri Parson nel corso del 1931, e varato nel 1933. . On December 19, 1941, when she was cruising in Central Mediterranean, off the western coasts of Libya, the HMS Neptune collided with a pattern of Italian floating mines (probably 4), in a minefield laid by Italian cruisers during June 1941. Il 19 Dicembre 1941, mentre stava navigendo nel Mediterraneo Centrale, al largo delle coste libiche, l' HMS Neptune entrò in collisione con una serie di mine galleggianti Italiane (probabilmente quattro), in un campo di mine deposto da incrociatori Italiani nel Giugno 1940. The British
cruiser was devastated by the rapid succession of explosions: the HMS
Neptune rapidly sank off Tripoli. L'incrociatore
Britannico fu devastato dalla rapida successione di esplosioni: l' HMS
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