[The Royal Navy, present since the onset of the crisis with the appreciated leadership role of the Council of Admirals by Canevaro, and with the significant and permanent deployment of its best ships, contributed not a little to the recovery of the international credit of the Italy, in those years at the minimum levels for the defeats suffered in Africa.
The management of the crisis by the Navy and the work of its ships represents an exemplary case of the use of maritime power as an essential factor in the conduct of foreign policy. That then much of the credit went personally to Admiral Canevaro, was at the time unanimously recognized, both at home and abroad.
The crisis in Crete that cost the lives of 17 soldiers and sailors underlines the brilliant behavior of the participants]
Source: Military Navy
