Launch ceremony of the S-528 submarine "Pietro Venuti"

10/10/14

Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti took part yesterday morning in the ceremony for the launch of the submarine "Pietro Venuti". A new demonstration of the excellence of Italian shipbuilding, of which the country must be proud.

This, in short, the message of Minister Pinotti on the occasion of the launch ceremony of the "Pietro Venuti" submarine, which was held in the Muggiano shipyards.

The unit, the result of international collaborations of which the Italian defense industry is a part, has highly innovative technological solutions.

A new piece of the renewal of the navy fleet.

At the ceremony took part, among others, the chief of staff of the navy, team admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, the managing director of Fincantieri, ing. Giuseppe Bono, civil, military and religious authorities.

Godmother of the ceremony, Maria Venuti, nephew of the submarine Peter awarded the gold medal to the military value for having fallen into action in the Arabian Sea in the 1940.

Source: Military Navy