Regia Marina during World War II. The ship and its crew members were featured in the 1941 Italian propaganda film The White Ship (Italian: La nave bianca). The Arno was sunk by aerial torpedoes from the Royal Air Force on 10 September 1942 at , about north-east of Ras el Tin, near Tobruk. It has been alleged that a German radio message decoded on 31 August 1942 showed that the ship was being used to carry supplies to Benghazi in violation of the Hague Convention, making the sinking a justified attack. However, as noted by lawyer Alfred-Maurice de Zayas in his 1979 work The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939–1945, the Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau identified the sinking of the Wandilla was a war crime. References External links Australian Light Horse Studies Centre His Majesty's Australian Transports HMAT Ships, Transporting the 1st AIF. Clyde-built ships register Flotilla Australia – Adelaide Steamship Company Iron and steel steamships of Australia Passenger ships of Australia Troop ships of Australia World War I auxiliary ships of Australia Hospital ships of Australia Hospital ships of Italy Hospital ships in World War I Hospital ships in World War II World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea World War II naval ships of Italy Ships sunk by British aircraft Ships of the Australian Army Maritime incidents in September 1942 1912 ships