File:HMS Mauritius invasion.jpg

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IWM caption : British light cruiser HMS MAURITIUS ready for action with other Allied shipping off the beachhead at Anzio. Note the twin 4 inch guns at full elevation on the starboard side of the cruiser.

Comment : This was in support of Operation Shingle, commonly known as the Battle of Anzio.

Date

Taken in March 1944

Source

This photograph A 22535 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)

Author

Royal Navy official photographer

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current	12:48, 1 January 2012		800 × 637 (68 KB)	Rcbutcher	replaced with new higher-resolution version from IWM
	22:57, 26 October 2007		350 × 254 (41 KB)	Benea~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description=HMS MAURITIUS ready for action with other Allied shipping off the beachhead at Anzio. Note the twin 4 inch guns at full elevation on the starboard side of the cruiser. She is adopted by Kingston-upon-Hull and District. \|Source=[