Mar 7 1938 British HMS Cornwall, Mediterranean Cruise Press Photo, SUNK 1942

Description

A March 7, 1938 British Heavy Cruiser HMS Cornwall, Mediterranean Cruise press photo.  The HMS Cornwall was
sunk by the Japanese in March, 1942.
The Photo states in part
“BRITISH WARSHIP PLOWS THROUGH ROUGH SEAS ON CRUISE, HUGE WAVES BREAKING OVER THE BOW OF THE BRITISH WARSHIP CORNWALL AS SHE PLOWS THROUGH THE ROUGH SEAS OF ST. TROPEZ DURING THE ANNUAL SPRING CRUISE OF THE HOME FLEET IN MEDITERRANEAN WATERS, 3/7/38”
The photo is 9 x 7 inches in size.  The photo has two punch holes in the upper right and left white borders and a small crease at the lower left corner.  Overall the photo is in nice condition.
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HMS
Cornwall
HMS
Cornwall
,
pennant number
56, was a
County-class
heavy cruiser
of the
Kent
sub-class
built for the
Royal Navy
in the mid-1920s. The ship spent most of her pre-
World War II
career assigned to the
China Station
. Shortly after the war began in August 1939, she was assigned to search for German
commerce raiders
in the
Indian Ocean
.
Cornwall
was transferred to the South Atlantic in late 1939 where she escorted
convoys
before returning to the Indian Ocean in 1941. She then sank the
German auxiliary cruiser
Pinguin
in May. After the start of the
Pacific War
in December 1941, she began escorting convoys until she was transferred to the
Eastern Fleet
in March 1942. The ship was sunk on 5 April by
dive bombers
from three Japanese
aircraft carriers
during the
Indian Ocean Raid
.