The most brilliant and daring naval action of the First World War. The night between the 9 and 10 June 1918 a section of two MAS under the command of corvette captain Luigi Rizzo left the port of Ancona heading towards the island of Premuda where he would have to carry out a normal roundup in order to ascertain the presence in the area of minefields.
During the mopping operations, the units intercepted the powerful Austrian naval team consisting of two battleships, a destroyer and six torpedo boats that, leaving the enemy base in Pula, were heading towards the Otranto Channel.
Thus originated one of the most brilliant naval actions of the First World War, during which, at the conclusion of an attack conducted with incredible audacity and great skill, the commander Rizzo torpedoed and sank the "Santo Stefano" battleship.
Source: Military Navy
(in the opening photo the transport inside the Vittoriano del MAS di Rizzo, under the Santo Stefano)
