and drifted near the immobilized Pola. Zaras commander decided at 02:00 that his ship could not be saved, and so ordered the crew to scuttle the ship. At around the same time, the destroyer arrived on the scene and fired three torpedoes at Zara. The demolition charges exploded in the magazines at 02:30, and within ten minutes, the ship capsized and sank. Most of her crew, some 783 men including Cattaneo, were killed in the sinking. Zara was formally stricken from the naval register on 18 October 1946. Footnotes Notes Citations References Further reading External links Zara (1930) Marina Militare website Zara-class cruisers Ships built by OTO Melara Ships built in La Spezia 1930 ships World War II cruisers of Italy World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Maritime incidents in March 1941 Naval magazine explosions Scuttled vessels