Italian Galilea Cargo Ship

Galilea was an Italian passenger steamer completed at Trieste in 1918 and later employed as a military transport. Her final voyage carried soldiers returning from Greece, including men of the Gemona Battalion of the Julia Alpine Division, as well as Greek prisoners. She left Corinth on 27 March 1942 and joined other transports near Patras before the convoy sailed toward Italy. During the night of 28 March, the British submarine HMS Proteus torpedoed her in the Ionian Sea. Galilea sank in the early hours of 29 March with catastrophic loss of life. Her history belongs to the conversion of merchant shipping for Mediterranean military transport, and to the dangers faced by passengers and troops on contested convoy routes.

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Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1936, Global Empires, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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