barrels, and hit by a second torpedo in the engine room. At 3.26 Maori also fired two torpedoes at Da Barbiano, and opened fire with her guns, hitting the bridge. Moments after, the cruiser was hit by another torpedo in the stern (possibly launched by Legion); meanwhile, Di Giussano was disabled as well. Da Barbiano rapidly listed to port, while the fires quickly spread all over the ship and also into the sea, fueled by the floating fuel, and the crew started to abandon ship. At 3:35, Da Barbiano capsized and sank in a sea of flame. 534 men, including Admiral Antonino Toscano, the commander of Italian Fourth Naval Division, his entire staff and the commanding officer of Alberico Da Barbiano, Captain Giorgio Rodocanacchi, were lost with the ship. 250 survivors reached the Tunisian coast or were picked up by rescuing vessels. Da Barbiano's wreck was located in 2007 by an Italian expedition. Citations References External links Regia Marina Italiana - Class: Condottieri tipo Di Giussano - specifications Alberico da Barbiano Marina Militare website Giussano-class cruisers Ships built in Genoa 1930 ships World War II cruisers of Italy World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Maritime incidents in December 1941 Ships built by Gio. Ansaldo & C.