Bartolomeo Colleoni

[ginapmorris]

I would like to get a copy of the crew list of Barolomeo Colleoni, My father was a gunner on board when it was sunk off crete by The Sydney.Does anyone know how I can do this, Thanks.

[Pedro Ruíz]

Dear Sinapmorris,hello!:
First wellcome to "World naval ships forums",here !there is fantastic people!,I am historian and geographer Spanish and one of the themes of study mines is the Italian Navy during the Second World War,evidently I study the history of the Italian light cruisers.I have sought the history in Italian language the history of the Italian light cruiser "Bartollomeo Colleoni" but the information availeble is few,in Italian Wikipedia there is few information about the history of the "Bartollomeo Colleoni",I suggest you that you look in the forum of "Comando Supremo web".My name there is "Orlando Lorenzini" but my real name is Pedro.You can ask in the forum of Comando Supremo,I am sure that somebody can help you.

Best regards:

Pedro

[ginapmorris]

Hi Pedro thank you very much for your reply, I will continue to try and find the crew list, I do know quite a lot about what happened on the day my Dad's ship was sunk, if you would like any information please let me know. Regards Gina.

[Pedro Ruíz]

Dear Ginapmorrris,hello!:
Look this web because here you can find the crew list of the "Bartolomeo Colleoni" when this warship fought against the cruiser "Sidney".Here you have a telephone contact with the "Ufficio Storico",here you can find people help you.

http://www.marina.difesa.it/storia/almanacco/parte04/navi0422-02.asp


Best regards dear friend,yours:

Pedro

[ginapmorris]

Hi Pedro thank you for the link, unfortunatley I do not speak italian!! I have tried to contact them before but I did not get a reply. I will have to get a translation prepared. Thanks again, Regards Gina.