2,670 men drowned when they were transported to the mainland as PoWs on the SS Petrella, which was torpedoed by the HMS Sportsman.
The Italian 51st Infantry Division Siena consisted of some 21,700 men, which occupied the easternmost prefecture of Lasithi.
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